Name: Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies do not Need Moral Absolutes (Religion, Culture, and Public Life)
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Author: Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
ISBN: 9780231170789

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Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies do not Need Moral Absolutes (Religion, Culture, and Public Life)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780231170789

Synopsis "Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies do not Need Moral Absolutes (Religion, Culture, and Public Life) "

Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging directly with this claim, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti traces the roots of contemporary anti-relativist fears to the antimodern rhetoric of the Catholic Church and then rescues a form of philosophical relativism for modern, pluralist societies, arguing that this viewpoint provides the firmest foundation for an allegiance to democracy.In his analyses of the relationship between religious arguments and political authority and the implications of philosophical relativism for democratic theory, Accetti makes a far-ranging contribution to contemporary debates over the revival of religion in politics and the conceptual grounds for a commitment to democracy. He presents the first comprehensive genealogy of anti-relativist discourse and reclaims for English-speaking readers the overlooked work of Hans Kelsen on the connection between relativism and democracy. By engaging with contemporary attempts to replace the religious foundation of democratic values with a neo-Kantian conception of reason, Accetti also makes a powerful case for relativism as the best basis for a civic ethos that integrates different perspectives into democratic politics.

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

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Carlo Invernizzi Accetti is an Italian-American political scientist and academic, full professor of Political Science at the City College of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is also a research associate at the Center for European Studies at Sciences Po (Paris) and a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. His work focuses on democratic theory and comparative politics, exploring issues such as the relationship between religion and politics, the rise of populism and technocracy, and ideological transformations in Western democracies

Among his most notable publications are Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies Do Not Need Moral Absolutes (2015), What Is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion and Ideology (2019) and Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics (2021), co-written with Christopher J. Bickerton. His works, in the field of political essay and democratic theory, have been fundamental in understanding the contemporary dynamics of politics in Europe and the United States.

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