Towards a post-secular political order

Bibliographic Data

ID6260874
AuthorsMariano Barbato (0000-0003-1093-9516, University of Passau), Friedrich Kratochwil (0000-0003-2583-5963, European University Institute)
Year2009
Volume1
Issue3
Pages317-340
Publication date2009-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-7739 • E-ISSN: 1755-7747
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1755773909990166
OpenAlexW2024956345
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited27

The ‘return of religion’ as a social phenomenon has aroused at least three different debates, with the first being the ‘clash of civilizations’, the second criticizing ‘modernity’, and the third focusing on the public/private distinction. This article uses Habermas’ idea of a post-secular society as a prism through which we examine the return of religion and impact on secularization. In doing so, we attempt to understand the new role of religion as a challenger of the liberal projects following the decline of communism. Against this background, section four focuses on Habermas’s central arguments in his proposal for a post-secular society. We claim that theproblematiquein Habermas’s analysis must be placed within the wider framework of an emerging global public sphere. In this context we examine the problem of religion’s place in political process and the two readings of Habermas as suggested by Simone Chambers

Communism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Modernity · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prism · Public sphere · Secular state · Secularism · Secularization · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools

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