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Religion as a Tactic of Governance
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Naomi Goldenberg argues that 'religion', as a separate sphere from governance, has been projected onto the past for strategic purposes. How does viewing religions as "restive once-and-future governments" help us understand the functioning of this category in contemporary discourse?
Released:
Jan 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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