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- Title: Challenging Theocracy
- Author : David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski & Herminio Meireles Teixeira
- Release Date : January 18, 2018
- Genre: Political Science,Books,Politics & Current Events,Nonfiction,Philosophy,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 3279 KB
Description
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.