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political theology
The last prophet of Leviathan
December 27, 2007
Lilla turns aside to the small cadre of the Enlightened who see the story for what it is....“We” turns out…
A review in three parts
December 26, 2007
“The world of today is torn asunder by a great dispute; and not only a dispute, but a ruthless battle…
The other shore
December 18, 2007
For Lilla, Westerners are the exception because we live on what he calls “the other shore.” Civilizations on the “opposite…
A cautionary tale?
December 10, 2007
It would have been enough for Lilla to frame this book as an explanation of the genealogy of bourgeois protestant…
The great separation
December 7, 2007
One should be suspicious of any argument that presents the multiple alternatives facing contemporary societies around the world today as…
Secularism, realism, and international relations
October 31, 2007
Among the various fields of the social sciences, international relations theory has established itself both as scientific and as politically…