CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Iqbal, Muhammad Osama |
|---|---|
| Title | Religion and the liberal State: Liberal Neutrality in the Post-Secular age |
| Summary | Religion has traditionally been an important consideration in political philosophy. The most recent milestone in political theory and practice, with regards to religion, was achieved during the 17th century i.e. secularism. However, after the recent religious resurgence in public and political affairs throughout the world, the issue of regulating religion has reemerged as a challenge to contemporary liberal democracies. Therefore, the puzzle that liberalism’s basic architecture and secularism as a basic pillar of achieving religious toleration were specifically solutions to specific provincial (European) issues, increases the salience of religion today and demands a reevaluation of the basic tenets of this debate. This thesis argues, that due to certain blind spots in Liberal Political Thought’s (LPT) understanding of religion, LPT’s secularism promises to uphold liberal neutrality (neutrality of the state towards ethical conceptions) universally, however, secularism, due to its Christian-inflicted history and origins, requires a reconceptualization in order to uphold the ideal of liberal neutrality. |
| Supervisor | Miklosi, Zoltan |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/iqbal_muhammad.pdf |
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