James G Mellon
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1444401 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James G Mellon |
| NOMBRES | James G |
| APELLIDO | Mellon |
| FIRMA | MELLON J G |
| AFILIACIONES | Independent Scholar, 3390 Desmond Ave., Apt. 3, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4C6, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1296-4697 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Romanticism, Skepticism, Liberalism
The aim of this article is neither to challenge nor to defend Isaiah Berlin’s thought but rather to identify the main influences on his concept of liberalism. Berlin’s justification for liberalism is distinctive in that it reflects influences of Romanticism and Augustinianism. Unlike some liberals, his liberalism does not reflect unambiguous confidence in the products of the Enlightenment. Berlin valued the freedom of expression and identity, yet…
Nicholas of Cusa and Times of Transition
On the Medieval and the Modern
In addressing not only the Conciliarist controversy of his day but issues of civil and ecclesiastical government and challenges to the Church, from reform movements to the division between Catholic and Orthodox traditions, Nicholas of Cusa (1401–64) continues to provoke responses. Some see him as the first modern; others view him as the last great medieval thinker. Demonstrating a breadth of interests, Nicholas of Cusa has come to be viewed as an…
The Cambridge companion to Christian political theology/Political theology for a plural age
The Cambridge companion to Christian political theology/Political theology for a plural age." Politics, Religion & Ideology, 18(1), pp. 122–123
The secular and the sacred
Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age represents a remarkable achievement. Taylor insists in a reasoned way that the sacred continues to have an important and legitimate role, and challenges assumptions, whether based on Weberian or Durkheimian understandings of religion in society, that faith no longer has a place. In doing this, he distinguishes among different aspects of the secularisation thesis. In this article I assert that there is a coherence to…
God in the Tumult of the Global Square
Reviewed by: James G. Mellon, independent scholar, Halifax, NS, CanadaIn the midst of the tumult at Cairo's Tahrir Square during the protests that ultimately brought down the Mubarak regime in 2011, Muslims were able on Friday to engage in prayer safe from the intervention of troops because they were surrounded as they prayed by a ring composed of Coptic Christians, and on Sunday the Coptic Christians could pray without harassment because they we…
Rethinking Secularism. Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Not that long ago it was assumed that if there was one thing social scientists could say with certainty it was that a long-term trend existed in the direction of greater secularization. Then indica
Religion and the Political Imagination
Ira Katznelson and Gareth Stedman Jones (eds), Religion and the Political Imagination. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 393 pp., $29.99, ISBN 978-0-521-14734-7 Not long ago it was consi
Faith in Politics
Bryan T. McGraw, Faith in Politics: Religion and Liberal Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 320, £18.99, ISBN 978-0-521-13042-4 In Faith in Politics, Bryan T. McGraw consid
The Politics of Secularism in International Relations
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008, pp. xvi + 247, $25.95, ISBN 9780691130071. When students of International Relations (IR) do not ignore the influence of reli
Myth, Legitimacy and Nationalism in Central Asia
Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, communism has no longer been available as a basis on which regimes in Central Asia have been able to claim legitimacy. In its absence, regimes sought to remain in power by invoking a variety of myths of nationalism. Myths of this sort may or may not be true. In various Central Asian states, different forms of symbolism, imagery and myth have been invoked to suggest that a particular nation, represented by a…
Religion and Politics in Turkey
For the student of religion and politics, Turkey represents a distinctive case in that Turkey is a constitutionally secularist state in a predominantly Islamic country. The Kemalist revolution sought to downplay the influence of Islam and Ottomanism, and to promote secularism and a specifically Turkish nationalism. Recently, the emergence of Islamism (or Islamic revivalism) that has taken place in much of the world has affected Turkey, as well, i…
Visions of the Livable City
Since moving to Canada in 1969, Jane Jacobs, who recently passed away, has inspired and continues to inspire debate within Canada, as well as elsewhere, on the potential for and promise of the urban experience. Jacobs was not only a critic of unrestricted growth and the destruction of neighborhoods but, frequently, of the efforts of urban planners. The exchanges between Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), and the…
The Liberal Conscience
The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism, Lucas Swaine, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, pp. xxii, 215.The Liberal Conscience by Lucas Swaine represents a response from a liberal to those who affirm a theocratic conception of the good. Swaine distinguishes between logic and rhetoric, between that which should persuade and that which is likely to persuade. He suggests that a justification of libera…
Islamism, Kemalism and the Future of Turkey
This article examines the emergence of Islamic revivalism in the Turkish context, which is unique in that Turkey, on the one hand, is a predominantly Islamic society, while on the other, it has developed a strongly secularist society. Some proponents of secularism find this emergence threatening but it is argued in this article that Islamic revivalism in Turkey has taken a particular form, one which can be compatible with Turkey’s development as …
Landscape, nature, and the body politic
Pan‐Arabism, pan‐Islamism and inter‐state relations in the Arab World
Para‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism each aspire to provide a supranational ideal transcending individual states as a focus of indentity capable of shaping ends and means of foreign policy. In practice, however, while Pan‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism continue to exert real influence as cultural forces, the independent state as part of a framework of inter‐state relations constituted according to the norms of international law is likely to dominate the polit…
Islam and International Politics
In his 1993 Foreign Affairs article 'The Clash of Civilizations?', Samuel Huntington suggested that the international system and future conflicts in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War is likely to be defined by cleavages between and among distinct civilizations. Responding to Huntington's anticipation of a fundamental clash between a civilization defined by Islam and the West, this essay argues that Huntington overstates the homogeneity of …
Bullwhip Days
Landscape, nature, and the body politic
Pan‐Arabism, pan‐Islamism and inter‐state relations in the Arab World
Para‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism each aspire to provide a supranational ideal transcending individual states as a focus of indentity capable of shaping ends and means of foreign policy. In practice, however, while Pan‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism continue to exert real influence as cultural forces, the independent state as part of a framework of inter‐state relations constituted according to the norms of international law is likely to dominate the polit…
Myth, Legitimacy and Nationalism in Central Asia
Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, communism has no longer been available as a basis on which regimes in Central Asia have been able to claim legitimacy. In its absence, regimes sought to remain in power by invoking a variety of myths of nationalism. Myths of this sort may or may not be true. In various Central Asian states, different forms of symbolism, imagery and myth have been invoked to suggest that a particular nation, represented by a…
The Liberal Conscience
The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism, Lucas Swaine, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, pp. xxii, 215.The Liberal Conscience by Lucas Swaine represents a response from a liberal to those who affirm a theocratic conception of the good. Swaine distinguishes between logic and rhetoric, between that which should persuade and that which is likely to persuade. He suggests that a justification of libera…
Visions of the Livable City
Since moving to Canada in 1969, Jane Jacobs, who recently passed away, has inspired and continues to inspire debate within Canada, as well as elsewhere, on the potential for and promise of the urban experience. Jacobs was not only a critic of unrestricted growth and the destruction of neighborhoods but, frequently, of the efforts of urban planners. The exchanges between Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), and the…
Bullwhip Days
Islam and International Politics
In his 1993 Foreign Affairs article 'The Clash of Civilizations?', Samuel Huntington suggested that the international system and future conflicts in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War is likely to be defined by cleavages between and among distinct civilizations. Responding to Huntington's anticipation of a fundamental clash between a civilization defined by Islam and the West, this essay argues that Huntington overstates the homogeneity of …
Pan‐Arabism, pan‐Islamism and inter‐state relations in the Arab World
Para‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism each aspire to provide a supranational ideal transcending individual states as a focus of indentity capable of shaping ends and means of foreign policy. In practice, however, while Pan‐Arabism and Pan‐Islamism continue to exert real influence as cultural forces, the independent state as part of a framework of inter‐state relations constituted according to the norms of international law is likely to dominate the polit…
Landscape, nature, and the body politic
Islamism, Kemalism and the Future of Turkey
This article examines the emergence of Islamic revivalism in the Turkish context, which is unique in that Turkey, on the one hand, is a predominantly Islamic society, while on the other, it has developed a strongly secularist society. Some proponents of secularism find this emergence threatening but it is argued in this article that Islamic revivalism in Turkey has taken a particular form, one which can be compatible with Turkey’s development as …
The Liberal Conscience
The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism, Lucas Swaine, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, pp. xxii, 215.The Liberal Conscience by Lucas Swaine represents a response from a liberal to those who affirm a theocratic conception of the good. Swaine distinguishes between logic and rhetoric, between that which should persuade and that which is likely to persuade. He suggests that a justification of libera…
Visions of the Livable City
Since moving to Canada in 1969, Jane Jacobs, who recently passed away, has inspired and continues to inspire debate within Canada, as well as elsewhere, on the potential for and promise of the urban experience. Jacobs was not only a critic of unrestricted growth and the destruction of neighborhoods but, frequently, of the efforts of urban planners. The exchanges between Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), and the…
The Politics of Secularism in International Relations
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008, pp. xvi + 247, $25.95, ISBN 9780691130071. When students of International Relations (IR) do not ignore the influence of reli
Myth, Legitimacy and Nationalism in Central Asia
Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, communism has no longer been available as a basis on which regimes in Central Asia have been able to claim legitimacy. In its absence, regimes sought to remain in power by invoking a variety of myths of nationalism. Myths of this sort may or may not be true. In various Central Asian states, different forms of symbolism, imagery and myth have been invoked to suggest that a particular nation, represented by a…
Religion and Politics in Turkey
For the student of religion and politics, Turkey represents a distinctive case in that Turkey is a constitutionally secularist state in a predominantly Islamic country. The Kemalist revolution sought to downplay the influence of Islam and Ottomanism, and to promote secularism and a specifically Turkish nationalism. Recently, the emergence of Islamism (or Islamic revivalism) that has taken place in much of the world has affected Turkey, as well, i…
Faith in Politics
Bryan T. McGraw, Faith in Politics: Religion and Liberal Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 320, £18.99, ISBN 978-0-521-13042-4 In Faith in Politics, Bryan T. McGraw consid
Religion and the Political Imagination
Ira Katznelson and Gareth Stedman Jones (eds), Religion and the Political Imagination. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 393 pp., $29.99, ISBN 978-0-521-14734-7 Not long ago it was consi
Rethinking Secularism. Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Not that long ago it was assumed that if there was one thing social scientists could say with certainty it was that a long-term trend existed in the direction of greater secularization. Then indica
The secular and the sacred
Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age represents a remarkable achievement. Taylor insists in a reasoned way that the sacred continues to have an important and legitimate role, and challenges assumptions, whether based on Weberian or Durkheimian understandings of religion in society, that faith no longer has a place. In doing this, he distinguishes among different aspects of the secularisation thesis. In this article I assert that there is a coherence to…
God in the Tumult of the Global Square
Reviewed by: James G. Mellon, independent scholar, Halifax, NS, CanadaIn the midst of the tumult at Cairo's Tahrir Square during the protests that ultimately brought down the Mubarak regime in 2011, Muslims were able on Friday to engage in prayer safe from the intervention of troops because they were surrounded as they prayed by a ring composed of Coptic Christians, and on Sunday the Coptic Christians could pray without harassment because they we…
The Cambridge companion to Christian political theology/Political theology for a plural age
The Cambridge companion to Christian political theology/Political theology for a plural age." Politics, Religion & Ideology, 18(1), pp. 122–123
Nicholas of Cusa and Times of Transition
On the Medieval and the Modern
In addressing not only the Conciliarist controversy of his day but issues of civil and ecclesiastical government and challenges to the Church, from reform movements to the division between Catholic and Orthodox traditions, Nicholas of Cusa (1401–64) continues to provoke responses. Some see him as the first modern; others view him as the last great medieval thinker. Demonstrating a breadth of interests, Nicholas of Cusa has come to be viewed as an…
Romanticism, Skepticism, Liberalism
The aim of this article is neither to challenge nor to defend Isaiah Berlin’s thought but rather to identify the main influences on his concept of liberalism. Berlin’s justification for liberalism is distinctive in that it reflects influences of Romanticism and Augustinianism. Unlike some liberals, his liberalism does not reflect unambiguous confidence in the products of the Enlightenment. Berlin valued the freedom of expression and identity, yet…
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