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Secularism and cosmopolitanism : critical hypotheses on religion and politics / Étienne Balibar.
LIBRA BL2747.8 .B2954 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balibar, Étienne, 1942- author.
- Series:
- European perspectives
- European perspectives: a seies in social thought and cultural criticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secularism.
- Cosmopolitanism.
- Religion and politics.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 246 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Saeculum
- 1 Circumstances and Objectives 3
- 2 Secularism and Cosmopolitanism: An Aporia? 5
- 3 Double Binds: Politics of the Veil 9
- 4 Cosmopolites and Conflicts Between Universalities 19
- 5 Finishing with Religion? 26
- 6 Culture, Religion, or Ideology 34
- 7 Religious Revolutions and Anthropological Differences 42
- 8 Secularism Secularized: The Vanishing Mediator 48
- 9 Envoi 57
- Essays 67
- 10 Note on the Origin and Uses of the Word "Monotheism" 69
- 11 "God Will Not Remain Silent": Zionism, Messianism, and Nationalism 94
- 12 What Future for Laicité? 110
- Statements 139
- 13 Three Words for the Dead and the Living (after Charlie Hebdo) 141
- 14 On "Freedom of Expression" and the Question of "Blasphemy" 149
- 15 Identitarian Laïcité 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Balibar, Étienne, 1942- Secularism and cosmopolitanism.
- ISBN:
- 9780231168601
- 0231168608
- OCLC:
- 1013726690
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