The current resurgence of religion confronts Westphalian
International Relations with a fundamental challenge. The rise of a
variety of religious fundamentalisms on a worldwide scale brings
back to centre stage the question of the righful role religion
should play in world politics. In 'Religion and International
Politics', Ludwig Gelot demonstrates that the transnational and
religious dimensions of the phenomena call for the develpoment of a
new analytical framework and interpretive categories. As a matter
of fact, the secularist, materialist, and positivist assumptions at
the heart of modern international relations are inadequate for the
proper understanding of fundamentalism. Likewise, Samuel
Huntington's thesis of the Clash of Civilizations is found to be
wanting. The author concludes that the most challenging dimension
of the return of religion is its questioning of the West's reliance
on reason as the sole source of knowledge and authority.
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