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Name: David J. Wessels
Division: Religion and Politics
Title of Paper: Can Politics Learn from Religions?
2007 APSA Abstract:
The significance of religions in contemporary society and politics has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Religious variables in voting studies, religious links to terrorism and conflicts, and the impact of global religious trends on international politics are only some of the recent empirical issues under study. Normative questions ranging from social behavior to legal standards to the conduct of war have also been a mainstay of research at the intersection of politics and religion.
Politicians wonder how far public policy can be delegated to religious organizations. Diplomats question the adequacy of their knowledge of the worlds religious traditions. Scholars ask whether some secular models of human behavior that they have previously assumed are really suitable for understanding the dynamics of todays global political currents.
Some academic research on themes of democracy, fundamentalisms, reconciliation, sovereignty, and public religion demonstrate that overlapping discourses of politics and religion are possible. A hermeneutical approach can uncover a broad range of convergence between the erstwhile estranged fields of politics and religions. Historical evidence abounds of the intermingling of politics and religion throughout the world. In todays era of sophisticated differentiation of concepts and roles, can we imagine something similar? Can politics learn from religions? What values are at stake in this encounter? Is there potential for a win-win result from this new condition, or is there an inevitable loss for one or both sides?
While looking primarily at aspects of this encounter of politics and religions in international relations, I will examine the arena of East Asia as a special focus for more detailed study of these questions. |
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| Wessels, David. "Can Politics Learn from Religions?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-08 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211447_index.html> |
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| Wessels, D. J. , 2007-08-30 "Can Politics Learn from Religions?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2011-06-08 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211447_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Name: David J. Wessels
Division: Religion and Politics
Title of Paper: Can Politics Learn from Religions?
2007 APSA Abstract:
The significance of religions in contemporary society and politics has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Religious variables in voting studies, religious links to terrorism and conflicts, and the impact of global religious trends on international politics are only some of the recent empirical issues under study. Normative questions ranging from social behavior to legal standards to the conduct of war have also been a mainstay of research at the intersection of politics and religion.
Politicians wonder how far public policy can be delegated to religious organizations. Diplomats question the adequacy of their knowledge of the worlds religious traditions. Scholars ask whether some secular models of human behavior that they have previously assumed are really suitable for understanding the dynamics of todays global political currents.
Some academic research on themes of democracy, fundamentalisms, reconciliation, sovereignty, and public religion demonstrate that overlapping discourses of politics and religion are possible. A hermeneutical approach can uncover a broad range of convergence between the erstwhile estranged fields of politics and religions. Historical evidence abounds of the intermingling of politics and religion throughout the world. In todays era of sophisticated differentiation of concepts and roles, can we imagine something similar? Can politics learn from religions? What values are at stake in this encounter? Is there potential for a win-win result from this new condition, or is there an inevitable loss for one or both sides?
While looking primarily at aspects of this encounter of politics and religions in international relations, I will examine the arena of East Asia as a special focus for more detailed study of these questions. |
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| CAN POLITICS LEARN FROM RELIGIONS? David Wessels Sophia University 71 Kioicho Chiyodaku Tokyo Japan 1028554 wessels@sophia.ac.jp 1 Prepared for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association August 30thSeptember 2nd 2007 Chicago Illinois. Introduction I will introduce the topic “Can Politics Learn from Religions?” by briefly considering some working definitions. Then in the substantive part of the paper Section 1 will summarize models of interaction between politics and religion that have been found throughout history. Section 2 considers the level of the nationstate and Section 3 the international or global level. Then in Section 4 I will examine the learning process in a more analytic fashion. Section 5 treats the theme empirically from the East Asian 2 experience with some comparative cases as well. Finally I will end with a few concluding remarks. Politics concerns the processes |
| Some works that address the political dimensions of identity cultures and learning are: Yosef Lapid and Friedrich Kratochwil (eds.) The Return of Culture and Identity in IR Theory Lynne Rienner 1996. Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and James Piscatori (eds.) Transnational Religions and Fading States Westview 1997. David Wessels “Capacities for Global Politics: Cultures and Public Religions in the Pacific Rim ” Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies Sophia University (Tokyo Japan) No. 40 (2005) pp. 123150. 20 |
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