The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations The Struggle for the Soul of the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas, Scott M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-02-05
Publisher(s): Palgrave MacMillan
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Summary
The current global resurgence of religion is more wide ranging than a clash of civilizations driven by religious extremism, terrorism, or fundamentalism. This global cultural and religious shift is challenging our interpretation of the modern world--what it means to be modern--as a variety of social and religious groups struggle to find alternative paths to modernity. This book examines what this means for the key concepts and theories of international relations--international conflict and cooperation, diplomacy, the promotion of civil society, democracy, nation-building, and economic development-and how it is transforming them. The book serves as a guide for what it means to take cultural and religious pluralism seriously in the twenty-first century.
Author Biography
Scott M. Thomas is a lecturer in international relations and the politics of developing countries in the Department of Economics and International Development in the University of Bath, England. He is the author of The Diplomacy of Liberation (1995) and has published chapters on religion and international relations in over ten books and in various journals, including Millennium, International Affairs, and the SAIS Review.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ix | ||||
| Preface | xi | ||||
| Introduction: The Struggle for the Soul of the Twenty-First Century | 1 | (20) | |||
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| Conclusion: How Shall We then Live? | 247 | (4) | |||
| Notes | 251 | (42) | |||
| Index | 293 |
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