When Politics are Sacralized

Comparative Perspectives on Religious Claims and Nationalism

Nadim N. Rouhana, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781108487863
• eBook ISBN: 9781108861137
• Topic: Derecho
• Subtopic: Teoría y práctica del derecho

Over the years, there have been increasing intersections between religious claims and nationalism and their power to frame and govern world politics. When Politics Are Sacralized interdisciplinarily and comparatively examines the fusion between religious claims and nationalism and studies its political manifestations. State and world politics, when determined or framed by nationalism fused with religious claims, can provoke protracted conflict, infuse explicit religious beliefs into politics, and legitimize violence against racialized groups. This volume investigates how, through hegemonic nationalism, states invoke religious claims in domestic and international politics, sacralizing the political. Studying Israel, India, the Palestinian National Movement and Hamas, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iran, and Northern Ireland, the thirteen chapters engage with the visibility, performativity, role, and political legitimation of religion and nationalism. The authors analyze how and why sacralization affects political behaviors apparent in national and international politics, produces state-sponsored violence, and shapes conflict.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Maps
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• 1 A Comparative Perspective on Religious Claims and Sacralized Politics: An Introduction
• Part I Israel
• Part II India
• Part III Sri Lanka
• Part IV Serbia
• Part V Iran
• Part VI Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
• Part VII Northern Ireland
• Part VIII Palestine
• Index