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Liberalism, Islam, Power, And Religious Violence, Carool Kersten
Liberalism, Islam, Power, And Religious Violence, Carool Kersten
Journal of International and Global Studies
Review essay on:
- Richard B. Miller. Terror, Religion and Liberal Thought. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011.
- Fevzi Bilgin. Political Liberalism in Muslim Societies. Abingdon/ New York: Routledge. 2011.
We Have Never Been Liberal: The Environmentalist Turn To Liberalism And The Possibilities For Social Criticism
John Meyer
The shifting relationship between environmental political theorists and liberalism is examined, moving from a total critique to an increasingly nuanced engagement. The argument here is neither for nor against the possibility of ‘greening' liberalism per se. Instead, it is argued that the preoccupation with ‘liberalism' in this context is a category mistake based upon the reification of liberalism as not just a political philosophy, but a characterisation of citizen values and practices in contemporary liberal democratic societies. A different way of thinking about the role and task of environmental political theory and social criticism is proposed. The key is to …