Myth and Solidarity in the Modern World: Beyond Religious and Political Division

ISBN-13: 9780367892876 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Timothy Stacey

Opis

Drawing on an increasingly influential Christian theological movement, postliberalism, this book claims that the dominance of liberal, secular rationality has blinded people to the fundamental role of transcendence and myth in developing solidarity.

Spis treści

Introduction  1 Postliberalism: Revalorising a lost world  2 Myth and solidarity in pluralist settings  3 Myth, solidarity and the state  4 Myth, solidarity and capitalism  5 Imagining solidarity: conjuring a world to come  Conclusion: An awareness of what is missing

O autorze

Timothy Stacey is a Postdoctoral Fellow at both the Religion and Diversity Project, University of Ottawa, Canada and the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is interested in the role of religion and belief, or 'myth' as he prefers, in developing solidarity, with special attention to the implications for politics, public policy and practice. He has developed successful funding bids both internally and with a range of funders, including the AHRC.