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Challenging Theocracy : Ancient Lessons for Global Politics
Title
Challenging Theocracy : Ancient Lessons for Global Politics / David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski, Herminio Meireles Teixeira.
ISBN
9781442619890
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (368 p.)
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In English.
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Summary
Commonly perceived as a direct threat to the practice of liberal democracy, the global reemergence of theocratic claims to political rule is a misunderstood development of twenty-first-century politics. Analyzing the relationship between religion and politics throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as well as classical and medieval political philosophical sources, Challenging Theocracy critiques the contemporary formation of theocracy. Providing an account of the origins and influence of theocracy, the chapters in this volume explore ancient texts that articulate the theocratic political ideas that continue to bubble under the surface of political life today. In an effort to consider how regimes extend beyond their immediate institutional and legal forms and find their foundation in timeless ideas, the contributors examine ancient and modern political thought to better understand their persistent power and impact on global politics.
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De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2018.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1. Theocracy as Temptation: Empire and Mindfulness
2. The Confrontation between Classical Political Philosophy and the Gods of the City
3. Between Rationalism and Theocracy: Plato, the Mysteries, and F.W.J. Schelling's Analysis of the Modern State
4. The Place of Religion in Politics: On Analogous Gods and the Piety of the Unspoken
5. The Aristotelian Roots of Religious Governance Approaches
6. The Non-Theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
7. Islamism in North Africa: From Cairo to Tunis
8. Theocratic Arguments in Judaism
9. Saving Miracles: Political Theology and Theocracy in the Schmitt-Benjamin Encounter
10. Theocracy's Challenge
11. The Impossibility of Theocracy: The Weakness of the Gods
12. Understanding Our Adversaries: Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought
13. Religion, Tolerance, and American Theocratic Politics: Lessons for the Contemporary Era
14. Shaftesbury's Characteristics and the Problem of Priestcraft
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Index
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