Monotheism, intolerance, and the path to pluralistic politics
Explores the dangers and benefits of monotheistic intolerance, interacting with scholars of monotheism, evolutionary theory, and agonistic pluralism.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Haw, Christopher A., 1981-, Monotheism, intolerance, and the path to pluralistic politics] (2021) (McKenna, Andrew J.)
[Rezension von: Haw, Christopher A., 1981-, Monotheism, intolerance, and the path to pluralistic politics] (2023) (Powers, Paul R.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Monotheism
/ Intolerance
/ Pluralism
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| Further subjects: | B
Monotheism
B Religious Tolerance B Electronic books B Religion And Politics |
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| Summary: | Explores the dangers and benefits of monotheistic intolerance, interacting with scholars of monotheism, evolutionary theory, and agonistic pluralism. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Monotheism and Pluralism -- Introducing René Girard, Jan Assmann, and Chantal Mouffe -- Chapter Outline -- 1 Pluralism's Requisite Intolerance -- A. How Tolerance Contains Intolerance -- B. Reason Is No Escape from Exclusion -- C. Maintaining the Incompatibility through Refusing Illusions of Unity -- D. Us versus Them -- E. Monotheism and Intolerance -- 2 Girard's Mimetic Theory and Monotheism's Ambivalent Effects -- A. Mimesis and Divinizing Others -- B. Mimesis Evolved: The Victimage Mechanism As a God-Machine and Basis of Culture -- i. Gods -- ii. Myths -- iii. Taboos and Rituals -- iv. Politics and the Scapegoat Mechanism -- v. Religion Domesticated Humanity -- C. Truth and Biblical Revelation -- i. Biblical Monotheism and Siding with Victims -- ii. Polytheism and Monotheism -- D. History Deprived of Gods -- E. Conclusion -- 3 Monotheism and the Monopoly on Violence: Freud and Girard -- A. Finding Monotheism in Egypt? -- B. Freud's Moses, the Aten-Worshipping Egyptian -- C. The Even Deeper Aims: The Historical Truth of Religion -- D. Restoring the Primal Father -- E. What to Do with Moses and Monotheism? -- 4 Containing Violence and Two Entirely Different Kinds of Religion -- A. Different Kinds of Religion -- i. Primary and Secondary Religions -- ii. Translatability and Political Theology -- B. Different Kinds of Violence -- 5 Polytheism and the Victim in Ancient Egypt -- A. The God-King Compaction: A Case Study in Egyptian Political Theology -- i. Osiris and Seth: Gods Who Contain Violence -- ii. Was Seth Translatable in Israel? -- B. Akhenaton's Borderline Case: Nontranslatable, but Still Compacted God-King -- C. After Akhenaton in Egypt: A Middle-Way Compromise. |
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| ISBN: | 110889741X |