Pilgrimage, Politics, and International Relations

A standout contribution to post-secular IR theory, this book addresses issues of global politics, from cooperation to conflict, and shows how a religious metaphor, the pilgrim, can help us to rethink our concepts of self, agency, and community in a time of changing world order.

Autorentext
Mariano Barbato is a professor of European Studies at the University of Passau (Germany) and also founding director of the Centre for European Studies and International Relations at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoco (Romania).

Inhalt
Prologue: Imagine Postsecular Pilgrimage: The Idea of the Book Global Return of Religion: Clash or Engagement Self: Pilgrim, Nomad, Homo Faber Agency: Pilgrimage between Departure and Destiny Community: The Pilgrim's Cosmopolitan Communitarian Companions The Pilgrim's Policy Conclusions: Cooperation, Conflict, Change Pilgrim City: Seeing IR Again for the First Time Epilogue: D - Destiny or F - Freedom