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Cool passion : the political theology of conviction: inaugural lecture delivered upon the installation as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam on Friday 25 May 2007 / by Thomas Blom Hansen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political theology.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The category of belief has been severely criticized in the last decades but ideas of having principles based on interior reflections and conscience are as strong as ever across the world. This indicates that the modern idea of conviction - religious or secular - should be understood as a way of relating to the world that has a genealogy of its won that is not identical to religious belief. Modern convictions are based on two forms of ethics: firstly an individualized ethics of sincerity that emerged from the 17th century onwards as an ideal of honest and consistent public conduct.
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 10
- Pages:11 to 20
- Pages:21 to 30
- Pages:31 to 33.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-40188-2
- 9786612401886
- 90-485-0815-0
- OCLC:
- 547432229
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