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The essays in this volume explore some of the disconcerting
realities of fanaticism, by analyzing its unique dynamics, and
considering how it can be productively confronted. The book
features both analytic and continental philosophical approaches to
fanaticism. Working at the intersections of epistemology,
philosophy of emotions, political philosophy, and philosophy of
religion, the contributors address a range of questions related to
this increasingly relevant, yet widely neglected topic. What are
the distinctive features of fanaticism? What are its causes,
motivations, and reasons? In what ways, if at all, is fanaticism
epistemically, ethically, and politically problematic? And how can
fanaticism be combatted or curtailed? The Philosophy of Fanaticism
will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in
epistemology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of emotions, moral
psychology, and political philosophy.
Are we living in a 'post-secular age', and can phenomenology help
us better understand the discontents of secularism? From Habermas'
claim that the secular hypothesis has failed for democratic reasons
to the fact that religion, far from its predicted dwindling, is as
strong as ever (or even stronger than before), some have concluded
that secularism as we know it is over. Others have questioned
whether we have ever truly been secular, if the concept applies
only to European societies, or whether the very notion of
religiosity is merely a weapon of pacification in the hands of
Western universalism. The post-secular notion thus lingers between
sociological fact and philosophical theory, and it is the latter
that we need to investigate if we want to confront the challenges
that any 'return of religion' entails. Although phenomenology has
furnished manifold devices to rethink religious experience in a
post-metaphysical way, its investigations often remain
individualistic and beholden to unproductive dichotomies. This
volume assembles investigations into secularism's discontents by
addressing religion's role in forming the fabric of contemporary
societies and unveiling new constellations of faith and reason
beyond many beloved modernist dichotomies (e.g. theism/atheism,
myth/Enlightenment, fundamentalism/tolerance) that often go
under-investigated. This book was originally published as a special
issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
Are we living in a 'post-secular age', and can phenomenology help
us better understand the discontents of secularism? From Habermas'
claim that the secular hypothesis has failed for democratic reasons
to the fact that religion, far from its predicted dwindling, is as
strong as ever (or even stronger than before), some have concluded
that secularism as we know it is over. Others have questioned
whether we have ever truly been secular, if the concept applies
only to European societies, or whether the very notion of
religiosity is merely a weapon of pacification in the hands of
Western universalism. The post-secular notion thus lingers between
sociological fact and philosophical theory, and it is the latter
that we need to investigate if we want to confront the challenges
that any 'return of religion' entails. Although phenomenology has
furnished manifold devices to rethink religious experience in a
post-metaphysical way, its investigations often remain
individualistic and beholden to unproductive dichotomies. This
volume assembles investigations into secularism's discontents by
addressing religion's role in forming the fabric of contemporary
societies and unveiling new constellations of faith and reason
beyond many beloved modernist dichotomies (e.g. theism/atheism,
myth/Enlightenment, fundamentalism/tolerance) that often go
under-investigated. This book was originally published as a special
issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
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