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Title Challenging theocracy : ancient lessons for global politics / edited by David Edward Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski, and Hermínio Meireles Teixeira
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2018

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Contents Cover; Page i; Contents; Preface; Part One: Theocracy in Ancient Political Thought and Practice; 1 Theocracy as Temptation: Empire and Mindfulness; 2 The Confrontation between Classical Political Philosophy and the Gods of the City; 3 Between Rationalism and Theocracy: Plato, the Mysteries, and F.W.J. Schelling's Analysis of the Modern State; 4 The Place of Religion in Politics: On Analogous Gods and the Piety of the Unspoken; 5 The Aristotelian Roots of Religious Governance Approaches; Part Two: Theocracy and Modern State Politics; 6 The Non-Theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
7 Islamism in North Africa: From Cairo to Tunis8 Theocratic Arguments in Judaism; 9 Saving Miracles: Political Theology and Theocracy in the Schmitt-Benjamin Encounter; Part Three: Responding to the Challenges of Theocracy; 10 Theocracy's Challenge; 11 The Impossibility of Theocracy: The Weakness of the Gods; 12 Understanding Our Adversaries: Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought; 13 Religion, Tolerance, and American Theocratic Politics: Lessons for the Contemporary Era; 14 Shaftesbury's Characteristics and the Problem of Priestcraft; Contributors; Index
Summary Commonly perceived as a direct threat to the practice of liberal democracy, the global reemergence of theocratic claims to political rule is a misunderstood development of twenty-first century politics. Analyzing the relationship between religion and politics throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as well as classical and medieval political philosophical sources, Challenging Theocracy critiques the contemporary formation of theocracy. Providing an account of the origins and influence of theocracy, the chapters in this volume explore ancient texts that articulate the theocratic political ideas that continue to bubble under the surface of political life today. In an effort to consider how regimes extend beyond their immediate institutional and legal forms and find their foundation in timeless ideas, the contributors examine ancient and modern political thought to better understand their persistent power and impact on global politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Theocracy -- History
Religion and politics -- History
Political science -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, Ancient.
World politics -- 21st century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General
Philosophy, Ancient
Political science -- Philosophy
Religion and politics
Theocracy
World politics
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Tabachnick, David Edward, 1972- editor.
Koivukoski, Toivo, editor.
Teixeira, Hermínio Meireles, editor
ISBN 9781442619890
1442619899
9781442619906
1442619902