Secularism as Theopolitics: Jalāl ud-Dīn Akbar and the Theological Underpinnings of the State in South Asia
Carl Schmitt’s well-known declaration that “all significant” modern political concepts are “secularized theological concepts” has sometimes been treated as hyperbole: a metaphorical axe aimed at the frozen sea of legal positivism, a provocation rather than a thesis. In this article, I demonstrate th...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2022-0232 |