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Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism

The Sacralization of Politics in the Age of Democracy

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Editors:
  1. Joost Augusteijn

    1. Leiden University, The Netherlands

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  2. Patrick Dassen

    1. Leiden University, The Netherlands

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  3. Maartje Janse

    1. Leiden University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Politics and Religion

    1. Introduction: Politics and Religion

      • Joost Augusteijn, Patrick Dassen, Maartje Janse
      Pages 1-11

  5. Socialism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Religious Aspects of Socialist Imagery, c.1890–2000: A Visual Essay

      • Jolijn Groothuizen, Dennis Bos
      Pages 101-114

    3. A Grassroots Sacred Socialist History: Dutch Social Democrats (1894–1920)

      • Adriaan van Veldhuizen
      Pages 115-133

  7. Religion and Revolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Revolutionary Mystique: Religious Undertones in the Russian Revolution of 1917

      • Henk Kern
      Pages 215-230

    3. The Belief in Disbelief: Anticlericalism and the Sacralization of Politics in Spain (1900–39)

      • Eric Storm
      Pages 231-254

    4. Concluding Remarks

      • Joost Augusteijn, Patrick Dassen, Maartje Janse
      Pages 255-260

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 261-273
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About this book

The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of modern mass-politics, including democracies, need a form of sacralization to function.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leiden University, The Netherlands

    Joost Augusteijn, Patrick Dassen, Maartje Janse

About the editors

EDUARD VAN DE BILT Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands DENNIS BOS Lecturer in Dutch History at Leiden University, The Netherlands ADAM FAIRCLOUGH Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands JOLIJN GROOTHUIZEN Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands HENK KERN Lecturer and teacher in the departments of History and Russian Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands HERMAN PAUL Lecturer in Historiography and Historical Theory at Leiden University, The Netherlands ERIC STORM Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands HENK TE VELDE is a post doctoral researcher at the Institute of History of Leiden University, The Netherlands ADRIAAN VAN VELDHUIZEN Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism

  • Book Subtitle: The Sacralization of Politics in the Age of Democracy

  • Editors: Joost Augusteijn, Patrick Dassen, Maartje Janse

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137291721

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-29171-4Published: 29 January 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45082-4Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29172-1Published: 29 January 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 273

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Political History, Social History, Political Philosophy, Political Science

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