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The politics of postsecular religion : mourning secular futures /
Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious & mdash;political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Musli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Insurrections.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious & mdash;political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil & mdash;can be critiqued, neutralized, improved, and changed, even while remaining inseparable from the genocide of the past. This facile belief, he argues, is precisely what distracts us from challenging the violence inherent in postcolonial political sovereignty. At the same time, we cann. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231512671 0231512678 |