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Rethinking Secularism
Craig; Juer Calhoun
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Description for Rethinking Secularism
Paperback. This collection of essays examines how "the secular" is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs. Editor(s): Calhoun, Craig; Juergensmeyer, Mark; VanAntwerpen, Jonathan. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world affairs. This ... Read more
This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world affairs. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
517 g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199796687
SKU
V9780199796687
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Ref
99-28
About Craig; Juer Calhoun
Craig Calhoun is President of the Social Science Research Council, University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University, and Founding Director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. Mark Juergensmeyer is Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Professor of Sociology, and Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jonathan VanAntwerpen ... Read more
Reviews for Rethinking Secularism
an up-to-date report about the contemporary state of discussion concerning the categories of secular, secularization, and secularism and the problems grouped around this words. The well-tested and validated theses, with a lot of empirical, detailed examples and models, are founded on solid erudition, deep knowledge, and skills of the competent authors.
Andrzej Bronk, Anthropos
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