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Product Description
A critique of secular international relations from the perspective of Carl Schmitt's political theology, this book examines the relations between IR and Christian theology. Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this phenomenon. This unique study aims to introduce political theology as an appropriate tool to the study of international relations. In accordance with the political theology of Carl Schmitt, which states that modern political concepts are secularized theological concepts, the work questions the "secular" foundations of contemporary international relations theory. Thus it reveals the Christian foundations of the discipline of international relations and delivers a critique of some of its most fundamental theoretical elements, such as its secular view of religion as part of the "irrational", its deification of the political form of the nation state, and its negation of theism in its understanding of responsibility in world politics. The result is a primer on how international relations and its studies have grown out of the political imagination of Christian theology.It will appeal to anyone interested in critical approaches to the field as well as in politics and religion, political theory, and political theology.
Specification
Author
Mika Luoma-Aho
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Continuum
Published
March 2012
Weight
432g
Page Count
192
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 13 mm
ISBN
9781441138668
ISBN-10
1441138668
Eden Code
4029980
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Author/Creator: Mika Luoma-Aho
ISBN: 9781441138668
Publisher: Continuum
Release Date: March 2012
Weight: 432g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 13 mm
Eden Code: 4029980
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