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Informationen zum Autor Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology at the University of California! Santa Barbara. He is the editor of Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World (1992) and the author of Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith (1991) among other books. Klappentext "This is an indispensable book in helping us understand the new world disorder that seems to be overtaking us. Juergensmeyer points out that much of the world neither understands nor finds attractive the idea of a 'secular state.' He helps us see that religious nationalism is a fact of life that will be with us for a long time to come. Deconstructing any simple notion of 'fundamentalism,' he shows us how it is possible to live with religious nationalism constructively without demonizing it. That is a major achievement."—Robert Bellah, co-author of Habits of the Heart "This penetrating analysis of the relationship of religious movements to political developments demonstrates how new forms of nationalism, rooted in indigenous religious and cultural traditions, are challenging the western model of the secular state in the Middle East, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Because there is, Juergensmeyer argues, no satisfactory compromise between the religious vision of the national state and that of liberal democracy, a new kind of cold war may develop, no less obstructive of a peaceful international order than the old. An important, and sobering, feature of Juergensmeyer's analysis is his constant awareness of the significance of 'the religious right' in the United States and other western democracies."—Ainslie T. Embree, Columbia University "This is an outstanding study of an increasingly important subject. I find Juergensmeyer's concept of religious nationalism more useful in explaining the new worldwide religious resurgence than most concepts currently in use. The book is gracefully written and should be read by anyone interested in world affairs."—Ehud Sprinzak, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Zusammenfassung Paints a picture of the religious revolutionaries altering the political landscape in the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. This title situates the growth of religious nationalism in the context of the political malaise of the modern West. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
