The postsecular in International Relations: an overview

Mavelli, Luca; Petito, Fabio

doi:10.1017/s026021051200040x

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“…While aiming to rehabilitate religion in the public sphere, Habermas' proposal is still very much embedded in and confined by the terms of the secular. In contrast, Mavelli and Petito (2012) have articulated the post-secular, not as a description of present societal conditions, but as a form of radical theorizing and critique prompted by the idea that values such as democracy, freedom, equality, inclusion, and justice may not necessarily be best pursued within an exclusively immanent secular framework. Quite the opposite, the secular may well be a potential site of isolation, domination, violence, and exclusion.…”

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The socio-political dynamics of secularism and epistemological injustice in global justice theory and practice

Wilson

2017

European Societies

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This article explores the potential implications for the pursuit of global justice if certain non-secular ways of thinking, being in and responding to the world are devalued, marginalized and excluded by dominant secular norms that presently guide global justice theory and practice. I argue that pervasive assumptions about the nature of religion and the role that it should (or should not) play in public life undermine existing approaches to the pursuit of global justice in theory and practice. Specifically, I suggest that this dominance of secular assumptions constitutes a form of epistemological injustice that contributes to undermining efforts to address material injustices. I explore these issues through an examination of research and practice on global justice, utilizing specific examples from human rights, humanitarian aid and development, and forced migration. I conclude by considering some possible alternatives to dominant secular frames, though argue that these is still in need of further research and development to offer a useful alternative.

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Section: Global Justice Beyond Secularism?mentioning

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The socio-political dynamics of secularism and epistemological injustice in global justice theory and practice

Wilson

2017

European Societies

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“…Any exclusion of the religious from the public sphere (Habermas 2010) runs the risk of forfeiting the secular teleology of 'disengaged reason' (Taylor 2007). It is yet to be determined if the at times patronizing instrumentalization of religion is preferable to religion's procedural exclusion, which has been argued to be an act of unequivocal violence (Mavelli and Petito 2012). These contestations show that there are indeed good reasons for discontent concerning the secular and secularisms.…”

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Phenomenology and the Post-secular Turn: Reconsidering the ‘Return of the Religious’

Staudigl

Alvis

2016

International Journal of Philosophical Studies

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“…Whilst scholars still debate the extent of secularisation in the West, there is broad agreement that religiosity has evolved. Many have turned away from church attendance and been attracted by new, more personal, expressions of spirituality [78,[80][81][82][83]-and Tolstoy's critique of the church may well resonate with the views of those who have consciously moved away from the church, as well as with atheists and religious sceptics. That said, Tolstoy was not interested in spirituality but in morality.…”

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Leo Tolstoy’s Anticlericalism in Its Context and Beyond: A Case against Churches and Clerics, Religious and Secular

Christoyannopoulos

2016

Religions

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Abstract:In the last thirty years of his life, Leo Tolstoy wrote numerous books, essays and pamphlets expounding his newly-articulated views on violence, the state, the church, and on how to improve the human condition. Since then, these "Christian anarchist" views have often been dismissed as utopian or naive, and, despite inspiring many activists and intellectuals, often forgotten or ignored. Some of those views and arguments, however, arguably remain apposite today-and can in some cases be applied to broader phenomena than those he identified. This article focuses on one of the aspects of his Christian anarchist thought: his anticlericalism. The first Section recounts the evolution of Tolstoy's views on religion and the church, and briefly describes Tolstoy's peculiar metaphysics. The second outlines his main charges against the church, discusses some common objections to it, and considers the continuing relevance of his anticlericalism. The third seeks to secularise his anticlerical arguments by applying them beyond the church, against secular preachers and institutions, and does so by reflecting on the quality of debate in the contemporary public sphere, on the hypocritical distance between the morality preached by secular "clerics" and their practice, and on the steady process of ossification and betrayal which befalls secular political ideals. The article thus contributes to the literature firstly by summarising, discussing and reflecting upon the anticlericalism of a famous writer who also espoused controversial religious and political views; secondly by succinctly outlining his idiosyncratic metaphysics, including his peculiar reinterpretation of traditional Christian referents; and thirdly by applying the arguments that informed his criticisms of the church to a broader variety of religious and secular secular institutions.

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The postsecular in International Relations: an overview

Cited by 66 publications

References 41 publications

The socio-political dynamics of secularism and epistemological injustice in global justice theory and practice

The socio-political dynamics of secularism and epistemological injustice in global justice theory and practice

Phenomenology and the Post-secular Turn: Reconsidering the ‘Return of the Religious’

Leo Tolstoy’s Anticlericalism in Its Context and Beyond: A Case against Churches and Clerics, Religious and Secular

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