The disclosure of politics : struggles over the semantics of secularization /
María Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion. For Lara, secularization means the translation of religious semantics into politics; a transformation of religious notions into political ideas; and the reoccu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | New directions in critical theory.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | María Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion. For Lara, secularization means the translation of religious semantics into politics; a transformation of religious notions into political ideas; and the reoccupation of a space left void by changing political actors, one that gives rise to new conceptions of political interaction. Conceptual innovation redefines politics as a horizontal relationship between governments and the governed, better enabling societies (and political actors) to articulate mea. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231535045 023153504X |