Religion in Habermas's Two-Track Political Theory

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ID3971503
AutoresAdil Usturali (0000-0001-9115-2162, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Mahmutbey Mahallesi, Mahmutbey Dilmenler Caddesi No:26, 34218 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume22
Fascículo5
Páginas566-582
Data de publicação2017-07-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe European Legacy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10848770.2017.1312829
OpenAlexW2616096552
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas27

This article argues that Habermas’s position on the relationship between religion and politics reaffirms his two-track political theory of the secular state and civic duty. His “hard-core” theory of secularism coupled with an ethics of citizenship seeks new ways of including religious citizens in modern pluralistic societies. The analysis of secularism both as a concept and as a guiding principle in Habermas’s work shows that most critics have misinterpreted his specific use of the term. The result of this is that most secularist and accommodationist critics of Habermas’s ethics of citizenship disregard his two-track political theory and its co-originality principle that assumes the equal status of public and private autonomies of citizens. My aim is thus to shift critical attention to the central aspects of Habermas’s work on religion, specifically to the task of translating religious reasons into an all-accessible language. This task of translation faces several difficulties due to some points that are left unclear by Habermas, such as determining the line separating the informal and the formal spheres, and how to avert the risk of majoritarian hijacks of democracy that could altogether undermine the Habermasian framework

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