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The new cold war : Religious natinoalism confronts the secular state

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Publication details: London University Of California Press 1993Description: 292pISBN:
  • 9780520080782
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.550000 JUE
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgments Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction: The Rise of Religious Nationalism Part One: Religion vs. Secular Nationalism 1. The Loss of Faith in Secular Nationalism Faith in Secular Nationalism The Religious Rejection of Secular Nationalism 2. Competing Ideologies of Order Secular Nationalism in the West The Competition between Two Ideologies How Secular Nationalism Failed to Accommodate Religion Can Religion Accommodate the Nation-State? Part Two: The Global Confrontations 3* Models of Religious Revolution: The Middle East 45 The Ingredients of a Religious Revolt 45 Iran: The Paradigmatic Religious Revolution 50 Egypt's Incipient Religious Revolt 57 Religious Revolt in a Jewish State 62 The Islamic Intifada: A Revolt within the Palestinian Revolution 6g 4* Political Targets of Religion: South Asia 78 Militant Hindu Nationalism The Sikh War against Both Secular and Hindu Nationalism Sri Lanka's Unfinished Religious Revolt 5* Religious Ambivalence toward Socialist Nationalism: Formerly Marxist States Religious Revival in Mongolia Islamic Nationalism in Central Asia The Religious Rejection of Socialism in Eastern Europe The Ambivalent Relationship of Religion and Socialism Patterns of Religious Revolt Part Three: The Problems Ahead 6. Why Religious Confrontations Are Violent The Rhetoric of Cosmic War When Cosmic War Becomes Real Religious Sanction for the Use of Violence Empowering Marginal Peoples 7* Democracy, Human Rights, and the Modern Religious State Theocracy or Democracy? The Protection of Minority Rights The Protection of Individual Rights Modernity and the Religious State Conclusion: Can We Live with Religious Nationalism? Notes Bibliography List of Interviews Index
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Contents:
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction: The Rise of Religious Nationalism
Part One: Religion vs. Secular Nationalism
1. The Loss of Faith in Secular Nationalism Faith in Secular Nationalism The Religious Rejection of Secular Nationalism
2. Competing Ideologies of Order Secular Nationalism in the West The Competition between Two Ideologies How Secular Nationalism Failed to Accommodate Religion Can Religion Accommodate the Nation-State?
Part Two: The Global Confrontations
3* Models of Religious Revolution: The Middle East 45 The Ingredients of a Religious Revolt 45 Iran: The Paradigmatic Religious Revolution 50 Egypt's Incipient Religious Revolt 57 Religious Revolt in a Jewish State 62 The Islamic Intifada: A Revolt within the Palestinian Revolution 6g
4* Political Targets of Religion: South Asia 78 Militant Hindu Nationalism The Sikh War against Both Secular and Hindu Nationalism Sri Lanka's Unfinished Religious Revolt
5* Religious Ambivalence toward Socialist Nationalism: Formerly Marxist States Religious Revival in Mongolia Islamic Nationalism in Central Asia The Religious Rejection of Socialism in Eastern Europe The Ambivalent Relationship of Religion and Socialism Patterns of Religious Revolt
Part Three: The Problems Ahead
6. Why Religious Confrontations Are Violent The Rhetoric of Cosmic War When Cosmic War Becomes Real Religious Sanction for the Use of Violence Empowering Marginal Peoples
7* Democracy, Human Rights, and the Modern Religious State Theocracy or Democracy? The Protection of Minority Rights The Protection of Individual Rights Modernity and the Religious State Conclusion: Can We Live with Religious Nationalism?
Notes
Bibliography
List of Interviews
Index