{"product_id":"the-paradox-of-liberation-michael-walzer-9780300223637","title":"The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and institutions have been sharply attacked by three completely different groups of religious revivalists: Hindu militants, ultra-Orthodox Jews and messianic Zionists, and Islamic radicals. In his provocative, well-reasoned discussion, Walzer asks, Why have these secular democratic movements been unable to reproduce their political culture beyond one or two generations? In a postscript, he compares the difficulties of contemporary secularism to the successful establishment of secular politics in the early American republic--thereby making an argument for American exceptionalism but gravely noting that we may be less exceptional today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Walzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300223633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300223637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael Walzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076007850239,"sku":"9780300223637","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e277b58-a541-4aaf-8125-6e60a5d56c72.jpg?v=1685462659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-paradox-of-liberation-michael-walzer-9780300223637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}