Disciplining religion: the role of the state and its consequences on democracy
This article presents the concept of hegemonic religion and its relationship with democracy. This concept entails not only a certain type of institutional relation between state and religion but, more importantly, a kind of national culture with religion at its core. Utilizing Norbert Elias's f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of religious and political practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-154 |
| Further subjects: | B
hegemonic religion
B Nation-state B Habitus |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article presents the concept of hegemonic religion and its relationship with democracy. This concept entails not only a certain type of institutional relation between state and religion but, more importantly, a kind of national culture with religion at its core. Utilizing Norbert Elias's figurational sociology, this article analyses how postcolonial states have built a national habitus that plays a decisive role in the politicization of religion. It focuses on examples from Islam and Buddhism and discusses how hegemonic types of politicised religions have negative impacts on democracy. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-6107 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious and political practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20566093.2016.1181365 |
