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In the wake of populism, Timothy Stacey's book critically reflects
on what is missing from the liberal project with the aim of saving
liberalism. It explains that populists have harnessed myth, ritual,
magic and tradition to advance their ambitions, and why opponents
need to embrace rather than eschew them. Using examples of
liberally oriented activists in Vancouver, it presents an
accessible theorization of these quasi-religious concepts in
secular life. The result is to provide both a new theoretical
understanding of why liberalism fails to engage people, and a
toolkit for campaigners, policymakers and academics seeking to
bridge the gap between liberal aspirations and lived experiences,
in order to promote political engagement and to create unity out of
division.
In the context of the rise of reactionary politics across the
globe, this book seeks new ways of developing solidarity across
religious, political and economic differences. Drawing on an
increasingly influential Christian theological movement,
postliberalism, it claims that the dominance of liberal, secular
rationality has blinded people to the fundamental role of
transcendence and myth in developing solidarity. The result is
either atrophy, or a retrenching in divisive myths of faith, race,
nation or economic status. Liberalism is now a dominant force
across the globe. But its resonance in the Anglo-Saxon West, from
which it originates and has been most fully realized, is relatively
underexplored. The book thus follows two simultaneous lines of
enquiry. Firstly, a genealogical study of social scientific and
policy iterations of the relationship between belief and solidarity
in the Anglo-Saxon West, placing postliberal theory into dialogue
with the sociology and anthropology of religion, politics and
economics. Secondly, it draws from original ethnographic research
with groups in London, UK, that seek to develop solidarity in the
face of deep-seated difference. By bringing a new way of framing
these contentious debates about contemporary society, this research
offers tools for more productive conversations around religious and
political topics, in particular concluding with a clear policy
proposal. It is, therefore, a useful resource for both academics of
theology and religious studies, political philosophy, sociology and
anthropology; and for politicians, policy makers and practitioners
hoping to develop solidarity in the modern world.
An in-depth analysis that demonstrates how and why there has been a
resurgence of nativist logic. It was once thought that liberalism
and globalization would consign nativist logics to the fringes of
societies and eventually to history. But if it ever left, nativism
has well and truly returned, spreading across nations, across the
political spectrum, and from the fringes back into the mainstream.
In The Return of the Native, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Josip Kesic, and
Timothy Stacey explore how nativist logics have infiltrated liberal
settings and discourses, primarily in the Netherlands as well as
other countries with strong liberal traditions like the US and
France. They deconstruct and explain the underlying logic of
nativist narratives and show how these narratives are emerging in
the discourses of secularism (a religious nativism that
problematizes Islam and Muslims), racism (a racial nativism that
problematizes black anti-racism), populism (a populist nativism
that problematizes elites), and left-wing politics (a left nativism
that sees religious, racial, and populist nativists themselves as a
threat to national culture). By moving systematically through these
key iterations of nativism, the authors show how liberal ideas
themselves are becoming tools for claiming that some people do not
belong to the nation. A unique analysis of the most fundamental
political transformation of our days, this book illuminates the
resurgence of the figure of the "native," who claims the country at
the expense of those perceived as foreign.
In the context of the rise of reactionary politics across the
globe, this book seeks new ways of developing solidarity across
religious, political and economic differences. Drawing on an
increasingly influential Christian theological movement,
postliberalism, it claims that the dominance of liberal, secular
rationality has blinded people to the fundamental role of
transcendence and myth in developing solidarity. The result is
either atrophy, or a retrenching in divisive myths of faith, race,
nation or economic status. Liberalism is now a dominant force
across the globe. But its resonance in the Anglo-Saxon West, from
which it originates and has been most fully realized, is relatively
underexplored. The book thus follows two simultaneous lines of
enquiry. Firstly, a genealogical study of social scientific and
policy iterations of the relationship between belief and solidarity
in the Anglo-Saxon West, placing postliberal theory into dialogue
with the sociology and anthropology of religion, politics and
economics. Secondly, it draws from original ethnographic research
with groups in London, UK, that seek to develop solidarity in the
face of deep-seated difference. By bringing a new way of framing
these contentious debates about contemporary society, this research
offers tools for more productive conversations around religious and
political topics, in particular concluding with a clear policy
proposal. It is, therefore, a useful resource for both academics of
theology and religious studies, political philosophy, sociology and
anthropology; and for politicians, policy makers and practitioners
hoping to develop solidarity in the modern world.
The world is confronted with multiple intersecting crises including
exploitation, inequality, political polarization and climate
change. World-repairing work is vitally needed. But just at a time
when humans most obviously require robust moral imaginaries on
which to draw, it is no longer clear what kinds of beliefs,
meanings, stories and encounters inspire them to act. We know that
nonreligious identities are on the rise in numerous countries
throughout the world. But with so much focus on the "non" part of
nonreligion, what we don't know is what nonreligious imaginaries
actually look, sound and feel like. What do nonreligious people
believe in? What stories inspire them? In what moments do they find
meaning? This book seeks to answer these questions through a series
of short essays exploring the nonreligious imaginaries that emerge
in a range of world-repairing practices, including ethical
consumption, community organizing, eating habits, and environmental
activism. In so doing, the book provides a crucial contribution to
two areas of increasing social and political concern: First, the
need to understand not only what nonreligious people are rejecting
but also their sources of meaning and action. Second, the urgent
need for cultural tools for mobilizing people towards more
compassionate and sustainable practices.
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