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Against Religion, Wars, and States
The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism
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2013
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In Against Religion, Wars, and States: The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism, Andrew Fiala argues that, societally, we must radically redefine our goals. A renewed focus on global justice, a heightened criticism of religion and a fuller embrace of enlightened humanism and the sciences are just some of the ways in which we can begin to address some of the problems endemic to our society, and ultimately bring about more lasting peace. Fiala argues both theoretically and empirically, moving from analyses of theology, ethics and political philosophy to case studies and data mined from these respective disciplines, and from the fallout of recent world events involving all three. Fiala attempts to wean us off of our deferral to the oppressive forces that spark movements like Occupy, and the Arab Spring, forces that manifest themselves in the brutal drug wars along our borders, and in the currently fractious and bigoted rhetoric of some of our most powerful political and religious leaders. Against Religion, Wars, and States provides a provocative, unified, and revolutionary critical theory for all who are skeptical of the religious, political, and military powers that be, and points the way towards a more peaceful, just and reasoned future.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2306-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2307-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
288
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Preface No access
1 Against Religions, Wars, and States No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Five Principles of Criticism No access Pages 13 - 34
3 Agnosticism and Atheism No access Pages 35 - 64
4 Religion, the Military, and the Secular Challenge No access Pages 65 - 86
5 Religion, the Family, and Criminal Justice No access Pages 87 - 108
6 Skeptical Pacifism No access Pages 109 - 132
7 The War System, Profit, and the Failure of Just War Ethics No access Pages 133 - 160
8 One-Sided Wars: Torture, Nukes, Religion, and Collective Narcissism No access Pages 161 - 186
9 Social Contract Anarchism and Cosmopolitan Democracy No access Pages 187 - 212
10 Civil Religion, Voting, and Oligarchy No access Pages 213 - 236
11 State Violence, the Prison-Industrial Complex, and Immigration No access Pages 237 - 268
