Bulent Diken

God, Politics, Economy (eBook, ePUB)

Social Theory and the Paradoxes of Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an intervention into the contemporary debate on religion, politics and economy, focusing on the field of formation which emerges as these seemingly autonomous spheres encounter one another. It deals with the contemporary 'return' to religion in the horizon of the critique of religion, seeking to articulate an affirmative politics that can re-evaluate the value of dominant values in religious governance and governance of religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317745150
• Artikelnr.: 43437246

Autorenporträt

Bülent Diken teaches Social and Cultural Theory at Lancaster University, Department of Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Comedy as Transcendental Stupidity Part I: Religion and
Politics 1. Communist/Democratic Invariants, Religion and Heresy 2. Islamic
governance as a Comedy of Errors 3. 'Radical' Islam as a Comedy of
(T)Errors Part II: Politics and Economy 4. Revolution, Religion and Economy
5. Neo-liberal Islam, Islamic Neo-Liberalism 6. The Economy of Nihilism
Part III: Economy and Religion 7. 'Moderate' Islam's Theology of Money 8.
'Radical' Islam as Charity Capitalism 9. Capitalism as Religion Conclusion:
Radical Politics as the Transfiguration of (All) Values