The Secular Contract
Author : Alexander Thomas Schulman
Publisher :
Page : 1430 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Enlightenment
ISBN :
Author : Alexander Thomas Schulman
Publisher :
Page : 1430 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Enlightenment
ISBN :
Author : Alex Schulman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1441106642
The Secular Contract seeks to defend the European Enlightenment's secularization of political philosophy by promoting an understanding of Enlightenment secular liberalism and extending it to contemporary issues. The work proposes that the Enlightenment united the secularizing trends that occurred at the time across all areas of knowledge into a "secular contract" for modern politics. It argues that this was a normatively valuable enterprise whose aims and arguments need to be recovered today, especially in light of the challenges faced by the West, including fundamentalist Christianity in the US and radical Islam in Europe. Looking at the works of many thinkers, such as Hobbes, Jefferson, Madison, Rousseau, the book then shifts to the present day to argue for a different liberalism, as suggested by such contemporary thinkers as William Galston or Stephen Macedo. An engaging read, The Secular Contract will appeal to anyone interested in political theory and the history of ideas.
Author : Stephen Waddams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108425674
Strict enforcement of unreasonable contracts can produce outrageous consequences. Courts of justice should have the means of avoiding them.
Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 26,5 MB
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674986911
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Author : Spalek, Basia
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847420411
"This edited collection addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism in relation to contemporary Western society, including a focus upon secularisation; explores how the values underpinning social scientific enquiry might serve to marginalise religion and spirituality; and reflects on social science research methodologies when researching religion and spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Newt Gingrich
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0801891655
The foundation of the book—a ten-point Contract with the Earth—promotes ingenuity over rhetoric as the way forward.
Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674261445
What should be the place of Shari‘a—Islamic religious law—in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari‘a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. An-Na‘im argues that the coercive enforcement of Shari‘a by the state betrays the Qur’an’s insistence on voluntary acceptance of Islam. Just as the state should be secure from the misuse of religious authority, Shari‘a should be freed from the control of the state. State policies or legislation must be based on civic reasons accessible to citizens of all religions. Showing that throughout the history of Islam, Islam and the state have normally been separate, An-Na‘im maintains that ideas of human rights and citizenship are more consistent with Islamic principles than with claims of a supposedly Islamic state to enforce Shari‘a. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an “Islamic state” is based on European ideas of state and law, and not Shari‘a or the Islamic tradition. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in Islamic history and theology, Islam and the Secular State offers a workable future for the place of Shari‘a in Muslim societies.
Author : David Novak
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400824397
The Jewish Social Contract begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity. David Novak takes issue with the view--held by the late philosopher John Rawls and his followers--that citizens of a liberal state must, in effect, check their religion at the door when discussing politics in a public forum. Novak argues that in a "liberal democratic state, members of faith-based communities--such as tradition-minded Jews and Christians--ought to be able to adhere to the broad political framework wholly in terms of their own religious tradition and convictions, and without setting their religion aside in the public sphere. Novak shows how social contracts emerged, rooted in biblical notions of covenant, and how they developed in the rabbinic, medieval, and "modern periods. He offers suggestions as to how Jews today can best negotiate the modern social contract while calling upon non-Jewish allies to aid them in the process. The Jewish Social Contract will prove an enlightening and innovative contribution to the ongoing debate about the role of religion in liberal democracies.
Author : Hubert Languet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521349871
A complete translation and detailed edition of an influential treatise.
Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher : J M Dent & Sons Limited
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525026600
After an old university friend and fellow archeologist's murdered, forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway travels to Lancashire to examine the bones he found, which reveal a shocking fact about King Arthur, and discovers a campus living in fear of a sinister right-wing group called the White Hand.