Anti-Political Impulses: Neoliberal Globalization and the Resurgence of Religion
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Carleton University (Canada): Canada
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
: 2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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147 pages
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.A.
Body granting the degree
, Carleton University (Canada): Canada
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This thesis argues that neoliberal globalization and the resurgence of religion should be seen not as opposing forces, but as mutually reinforcing. Both phenomena are anti-political and this is the source of the affinity they have for each other. In arguing that the two processes are anti-political, a definition of politics is posited which centres on seeing politics as having two parts. The first part involves direct participation of citizens in speech and action, while the second part consists ofthe attempts by the excluded to be recognized as equal members of the community. The thesis then goes on to examine the theoretical attempts to escape from politics and how neoliberalism and the resurgent religions fit within these anti-political frameworks and how the two phenomena then become linked through a mutual desire for depoliticization.