Vanguards, Sacralisation of Politics, and Totalitarianism: Category-based Epistemology and Political Religion

This article overviews the current debate on ‘political religion’ as it relates to totalitarian regimes. Beginning by contrasting Emilio Gentile's ‘sacralisation of politics' thesis with Richard Shorten's critiques of ‘political religion’ as a concept, this article discusses the speci...

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Main Author: Gray, Phillip W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2014, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 521-540
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