Terror and Civilization
Terror and Civilization
副标题: Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche
ISBN: 9781403972941
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan
出版年: 2006-05-14
页数: 228
定价: USD 24.95
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Drury regards the political problems of the modern world to be thoroughly Biblical. In the politics of the 21st century, we find two equally arrogant and self-righteous civilizations confronting one another. Each is convinced that it is on the side of God, truth and justice, while its enemy is allied with Satan, wickedness, and barbarism. The language of diplomacy and compromise has been replaced by the language of jihad or the struggle against the cosmic forces of evil. Life is radicalized; and all choices are polarized. Politics properly understood is eclipsed. Drury urges us to transcend the Biblical view of the world. Instead, she argues in favor of a genuinely liberal, secular, and pluralistic understanding of politics.