Politics as Religion / / Emilio Gentile.
Emilio Gentile, an internationally renowned authority on fascism and totalitarianism, argues that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion, claiming as its own the prerogative of defining the fundamental purpose and meaning of human life. Secular political ent...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. The Sacralization of Politics
- CHAPTER 1. A Never-Never Religion, A Substitute for Religion, or a New Religion?
- CHAPTER 2. Civil Religions and Political Religions: From Democratic Revolutions to Totalitarian States
- CHAPTER 3. The Leviathan as a Church: Totalitarianism and Political Religion
- CHAPTER 4. The Invasion of the Idols: Christians against Totalitarian Religions
- CHAPTER 5. Toward the Third Millennium: The Sacralization of Politics in States both New and Old
- CHAPTER 6. Religions of Politics: Definitions, Distinctions, and Qualifications
- Notes