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The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of modern mass-politics, including democracies, need a form of sacralization to function.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Politics and Religion
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Nationalism
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
EDUARD VAN DE BILT Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands
DENNIS BOS Lecturer in Dutch History at Leiden University, The Netherlands
ADAM FAIRCLOUGH Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands
JOLIJN GROOTHUIZEN Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands
HENK KERN Lecturer and teacher in the departments of History and Russian Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands
HERMAN PAUL Lecturer in Historiography and Historical Theory at Leiden University, The Netherlands
ERIC STORM Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands
HENK TE VELDE is a post doctoral researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands
ADRIAAN VAN VELDHUIZEN Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism
Book Subtitle: The Sacralization of Politics in the Age of Democracy
Editors: Joost Augusteijn, Patrick Dassen, Maartje Janse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137291721
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-29171-4Published: 29 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45082-4Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29172-1Published: 29 January 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 273
Topics: European History, Modern History, Political History, Social History, Political Philosophy, Political Science