The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society

After virtue, a study in moral theory

Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason

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Democracy and Tradition

昨年度より書評欄を設けました。昨年度は、 集中的に特定の研究「リベラリズムとその周辺」 をテーマとして掲げた欄でした。マイケル・サ ンデルの授業がテレビ中継されるようになり、 リベラリズム、コミュニタリアニズム、共和主 義などの政治哲学に注目が集まりました。しか し、そこで議論の対象や方法となっているもの は、単に政治哲学だけにとどまるものではなく、 コミュニケーション学にも大きく関わるもので した。多文化主義やフェミニズムなどとも深く 関わっているものが多いため、隣接領域に興味 を持っている方は多いと思います。 今年度も同様のテーマを掲げ、コミュニケー ション学との接点を研究してまいりたいと思っ ております。この書評は掲載して終わり、とい うわけではありません。インフォーマルな勉強 会、年次大会を利用した研究会、そして、年次 大会での報告など、この書評をみなさんが利用 することで、アカデミックな刺激に満ちた機会 をさらに作り出せればと思っております。 また、このテーマだけに限定をしない書評も 受け付けております。コミュニケーション学に 深い関わりのある本の書評をたくさん集めたい と思っております。 来年度も、書評欄はありますので奮ってご参 加ください。毎年、1 月末日を締め切りとして います。送付先は以下の通りです。書式や字数 は、今年度のものを参考にしてください(字数 は目安で、特別長すぎないものであれば議論を 尊重します)。 送付先<藤巻光浩 fujimaki[アットマークを 入れる]u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp> イマヌエル・カント著『永遠平和のために /啓蒙とは何か、他3編』(中山元訳, 2000 年)光文社古典新訳文庫

Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth Century America

What does it mean to call Western society 'secular'? What is 'secularism'? And how should we understand the concept of 'secularism' in international relations, particularly the clash between radical Islam and the West? The Latin term from which the word 'secular' is derived - 'saeculum' - means 'generation' or 'age', and came to mean that which belongs to this life, to the here and now, in this world. It is widely used as a shorthand for the ideology which shapes contemporary society without reference to the divine.However, according to Graeme Smith, 'secularism' represents a great deal more. He offers a radical reappraisal of the notion of secularism and its history, beginning with the Greeks and proceeding to modernity and the contemporary period. The assumption that the West is becoming increasingly secular is often unquestioned. By contrast, Dr Smith discerns a different kind of society: one informed by a historical legacy which makes sense only when it is appreciated that it is religious. Secularism was born of Christianity. Daringly - and very originally - Smith argues that it is impossible to understand the idea of the secular without appreciating that, at root, it is Christian. "A Short History of Secularism" will fundamentally reshape discussions of western culture, religion and politics. It will have strong appeal to students of religion, political philosophy, and the history of ideas.

A Short History of Secularism

School assemblies are unique and important events in the lives of schools. They are an opportunity for a head teacher to shape and cele- brate the ethos and priorities of a school. However, the discussion of assemblies has stagnated because it is mired in the debate about legal compliance to the 1988 Education Reform Act and its interpretation in circular 1/94. This article reports on a research project which investigated the ethical ideas communicated in primary school assemblies. It is found that almost all assemblies sought to communicate a form of virtue ethics. We observed the promotion of courage, kindness, loyalty and responsibil- ity. Further, different virtues were emphasised in different schools depending on their social location. For example, perseverance and resil- ience were often stressed in a school from a low socio-economic area. The article concludes with an examination of the implications of our find- ings for the discussion of legal compliance to the 1988 Act.

From values to virtues: an investigation into the ethical content of English primary school assemblies

It is both an oddity and a common place that democracy, as Luke Bretherton’s subtitle seems to suggest, needs defending. We do live in times when democracy is on the defensive, attacked by the Left...

Christ and the common life: political theology and the case for democracy: by Luke Bretherton, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019, 522+viii pp., £38 (HBK), ISBN 978-0-8028-7640-9

This book explores the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis of Europe. Combining sociological, philosophical, and theological accounts of this crisis, renowned scholars from across Europe examine how religion has been employed to call either for eliminating or for enforcing the walls around “Fortress Europe.” Religion, they argue, is radically ambiguous, simultaneously causing social conflict and social cohesion in times of turmoil. Charting the constellations, the conflicts, and the consequences of the current refugee crisis, this book thus answers the need for succinct but sustained accounts of the intersections of religion and migration.

Religion in the European Refugee Crisis

(2010). Milbank, John. 2009. The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology. Practical Theology: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 261-262.

Graeme Smith

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A Short History of Secularism

From values to virtues: an investigation into the ethical content of English primary school assemblies

Christ and the common life: political theology and the case for democracy: by Luke Bretherton, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019, 522+viii pp., £38 (HBK), ISBN 978-0-8028-7640-9

Religion in the European Refugee Crisis

Milbank, John. 2009. The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology