The politics of secularism in international relations /

Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman, 1970-

The politics of secularism in international relations / Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008. - xiii, 247 p. ; 24 cm. - Princeton studies in international history and politics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-235) and index.

Introduction -- Varieties of secularism -- Secularism and Islam -- Contested secularisms in Turkey and Iran -- The European Union and Turkey -- The United States and Iran -- Political Islam -- Religious resurgence -- Conclusion.

This textbook develops a new approach to religion and international relations that challenges realist, liberal and constructivist assumptions that religion has been excluded from politics in the West.

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World politics.
Secularism.
Religion and politics.


Europe--Foreign relations.
Middle East--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations.

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