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Emilio Gentile, an internationally renowned authority on fascism and totalitarianism, argues that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion, claiming as its own the prerogative of defining the fundamental purpose and meaning of human life. Secular political ent...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gentile, Emilio (Author)
Other Authors: Staunton, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Ideology > Political aspects.
Religion and politics.
Political psychology.
Idéologie > Aspect politique.
Religion et politique.
Psychologie politique.
Ideologie
Politik
Religion
Sakralisierung
Politieke ideologie.
Religieuze aspecten.
Politik > Religion > Geschichte Neuzeit.
Religion > Politik > Geschichte Neuzeit.
Zivilreligion > Geschichte Neuzeit.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Sacralization of Politics
  • Chapter 1: A Never-Never Religion, A Substitute for Religion, or a New Religion?
  • Chapter 2: Civil Religions and Political Religions: From Democratic Revolutions to Totalitarian States
  • Chapter 3: The Leviathan as a Church: Totalitarianism and Political Religion
  • Chapter 4: The Invasion of the Idols: Christians against Totalitarian Religions
  • Chapter 5: Toward the Third Millennium: The Sacralization of Politics in States both New and Old
  • Chapter 6: Religions of Politics: Definitions, Distinctions, and Qualifications
  • Notes

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