{"product_id":"the-politics-of-secularism-in-international-relations-9780691134666","title":"The Politics of Secularism in International Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eConflicts involving religion have returned to the forefront of international relations. And yet political scientists and policymakers have continued to assume that religion has long been privatized in the West. This secularist assumption ignores the contestation surrounding the category of the \"secular\" in international politics. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Secularism in International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e shows why this thinking is flawed, and provides a powerful alternative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Shakman Hurd argues that secularist divisions between religion and politics are not fixed, as commonly assumed, but socially and historically constructed. Examining the philosophical and historical legacy of the secularist traditions that shape European and American approaches to global politics, she shows why this matters for contemporary international relations, and in particular for two critical relationships: the United States and Iran, and the European Union and Turkey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Secularism in International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e develops a new approach to religion and international relations that challenges realist, liberal, and constructivist assumptions that religion has been excluded from politics in the West. The first book to consider secularism as a form of political authority in its own right, it describes two forms of secularism and their far-reaching global consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Shakman Hurd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.84w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691134666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Shakman Hurd\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40463814459507,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":68.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_93ae6e47-a622-41dc-8e37-9152877f2af8.jpg?v=1663940350","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-politics-of-secularism-in-international-relations-9780691134666","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}