Modernity, Religion, and the War on Terror (Hardcover, New edition)

The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from which Islamist reaction arises. Richard Dien Winfield illuminates the war on terror in light of these issues, presenting an anti-foundationalist justification of the rationality and freedom of modernity, while assessing how religion can stand in opposition to modernity and why Islam has been a privileged vehicle of anti-modern religious revolt. Winfield shows that the privatization that religion must undergo to be compatible with modern freedom involves no capitulation to relativism, but rather is a theological imperative on which the truth of religion depends. Exposing the limits of any purely secular modernization of Islam, Winfield shows how Islam can draw upon its core tradition to repudiate the oppression of Islamist reaction and become at home in the modern world.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Richard Dien Winfield
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	152
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6056-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Books > Philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-6056-7
Barcode:	9780754660569

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