The Postsecular and Rethinking the Political

Journal of Economy Culture and Society

Muhammed A. Ağcan¹ 

[1] Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul, Turkey;

关键词: the postsecular;    habermas;    public sphere;    religion;    ontology;    the political;   

DOI  :  10.26650/JECS2020-0008

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thenotionofpostsecularityhascometotheforeinrecognizingtheneglected significance of religion and belief in terms of their normative, socialandpoliticalcontributionstotheindividualandcollectivelivesof contemporary times. The literature of postsecularism, essentially, takesissuewiththenormative-politicalproblematiqueofcoexistenceofdiversebeliefsinthepoliticalcommunity.Inthisrespect,JürgenHabermas joins the term of postsecular consciousness to be able to deal with the persistence of religiousity and faith in modernized societies and seekswaystoincludereligiousreasoningandmoralintuitionsintothepublicsphereandwill-formationofthepoliticalcommunity.However,heendsuprestrictingreligiousmoralandpoliticalcontributionstrictlytothegeneralpublicsphereandultimatelycivilsociety.Thisarticleargues that the inadequacy of his postsecular orientation has to do with hisideaofthepolitical,whichignorescontestationandpluralizationinrelationtotheveryfoundationsofthepolitical.Thearticlealsoclaimsthat the postsecular turn in political theory fulfills its promises, if it opens therelationshipbetweenthesecular/immanenceandthereligious/transcendence to diverse/plural interpretations, and simultaneously contest the political as ontology among subjects of diverse beliefs in the political community.

【 授权许可】

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