Butler, Chakrabarty and the possibilities of radical postsecular politics
This article interprets critiques of secularity and the related concept of history as progress in the work of Dipesh Chakrabarty and Judith Butler. At the same time, it defends their approach against the criticism voiced by Gregor McLennan. It shows that the postsecular conception of the politics of...
| Published in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Critical research on religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Butler, Judith 1956-
/ Chakrabarty, Dipesh 1948-
/ McLennan, Gregor 1952-
/ Post-secularism
/ Politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Greg McLennan
B Dipesh Chakrabarty B Judith Butler B sanctuary movement B postsecularity B ideology of progress |
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| Summary: | This article interprets critiques of secularity and the related concept of history as progress in the work of Dipesh Chakrabarty and Judith Butler. At the same time, it defends their approach against the criticism voiced by Gregor McLennan. It shows that the postsecular conception of the politics of both authors is not just an attempt to open public space to a wider range of religious and cultural voices. Rather, it is a critique of the way in which political secularism and the ideology of progress are used by the modern state to legitimize the exercise of its own power. Butler and Chakrabarty's postsecular policy is thus based primarily on coalition building against these legitimization frameworks, which opens up the possibility of forming new postsecular political subjects. It illustrates the theoretical approach of both authors with an example of the church sanctuary movement in Germany. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/20503032211015285 |