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Zusatztext an up-to-date report about the contemporary state of discussion concerning the categories of secular, secularization, and secularism and the problems grouped around this words. The well-tested and validated theses, with a lot of empirical, detailed examples and models, are founded on solid erudition, deep knowledge, and skills of the competent authors. Informationen zum Autor Craig Calhoun is President of the Social Science Research Council, University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University, and Founding Director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. Mark Juergensmeyer is Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Professor of Sociology, and Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jonathan VanAntwerpen is Program Officer & Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Council. Klappentext This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Introduction: Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen 1. Western Secularity: Charles Taylor 2. The Secular, Secularizations, Secularisms: José Casanova 3. Secularism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere: Craig Calhoun 4. Rehabilitating Secularism: Rajeev Bhargava 5. The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democracies and Autocracies: Alfred C. Stepan 6. Civilizational States, Secularisms, Religions: Peter Katzenstein 7. A Suspension of (Dis)Belief: The Secular-Religious Binary and the Study of International Relations: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd 8. Rethinking the Secular and Religious Aspects of Violence: Mark Juergensmeyer 9. Religious Humanitarianism and the Global Politics of Secularism: Cecelia Lynch 10. Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Secular Age: R. Scott Appleby 11. Secularism, Religious Change, and Social Conflict in Asia: Richard Madsen 12. Smash temples, Burn Books: Comparing Secularist Projects in India and China: Peter van der Veer 13. Freedom of Speech and Religious Limitations: Talal Asad ...
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This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.
