The Disclosure of Politics : Struggles Over the Semantics of Secularization / Maria Lara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lara, María, author.

Series:

New Directions in Critical Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Religion and politics.

Secularization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Postmodern political critiques speak of the death of ideology, the end of history, and the postsecular return of religious attitudes, yet radical conservative theorists such as Mark Lilla argue religion and politics are inextricably intertwined. Returning much-needed uncertainty to debates over the political while revitalizing the very terms in which they are defined, María Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion.For Lara, secularization means three things: 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 that gives rise to new conceptions of political interaction. Conceptual innovation redefines politics as a horizontal relationship between governments and the governed and better enables societies (and individual political actors) to articulate meaning through action-that is, through the emergence of new concepts. These actions, Lara proves, radically transform our understanding of politics and the role of political agents and are further enhanced by challenging the structural dependence of politics on religious phenomena.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Semantics of Conceptual Change: The Emergence of the Concept of Emancipation

2. The Model of Translation: From Religion to Politics

3. Hans Blumenberg's Reoccupational Model: Conceptual Transformation

4. Blumenberg's Second Model: The Persistence of Mythical Narratives

5. Hannah Arendt's Model of the Autonomy of Politics: Semantic Innovation Through Religious Disclosure

6. Reinhart Koselleck's Model of Secularization: The Enlightenment as Problematic

7. Jürgen Habermas's Innovation Model: Bringing Justice Into the Domain of Politics

8. The Disclosure of Politics Revisited

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231535045

023153504X

OCLC:

855503674