Paradox of Liberation Walzer Michael
Paradox of Liberation Walzer Michael A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivalsMany of the successful campaigns…
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Paradox of Liberation Walzer Michael
A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivalsMany of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and institutions have been sharply attacked by three completely different groups of religious revivalists: Hindu militants, ultra-Orthodox Jews and messianic Zionists, and Islamic radicals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness.
In his provocative, well-reasoned discussion, Walzer asks, Why have these secular democratic movements been unable to reproduce