Stating the Sacred : : Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State / / Michael Walsh.
China’s constitution explicitly refers to its sovereign domain as “sacred territory.” Why does an avowedly secular state make such a claim, and what does this suggest about the relations between religion and the nation-state? Focusing primarily on China, Stating the Sacred offers a novel approach to...
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Walsh, Michael, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Stating the Sacred : Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State / Michael Walsh. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Territory -- 2. Constitution -- 3. Religion -- 4. Reincarnation -- 5. Contact -- 6. Nativity -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star China’s constitution explicitly refers to its sovereign domain as “sacred territory.” Why does an avowedly secular state make such a claim, and what does this suggest about the relations between religion and the nation-state? Focusing primarily on China, Stating the Sacred offers a novel approach to nation-state formation, arguing that its most critical element is how the state sacralizes the nation.Michael J. Walsh explores the religious and political dimensions of Chinese state ideology, making the case that the sacred is a constitutive part of modern China. He examines the structural connection among texts (constitutions, legal codes, national histories), ostensibly universal and normative categories (race, religion, citizenship, freedom, human rights), and territoriality (the integrity of sovereignty and control over resources and people), showing how they are bound together by the sacred. Considering a variety of what he refers to as theopolitical techniques, Walsh argues that nation-states undertake sacralization in order to legitimate the violence of establishing and expanding their sovereignty. Ultimately, territorialization is a form of sacralization, and the foundational role of the sacred makes all nation-states religious states. Stating the Sacred offers new ways of understanding China’s approach to legality, control of the populace, religious freedom, human rights, and the structuring of international relations, and it raises existential questions about the fundamental nature of the nation-state. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Citizenship China. Civil religion China. Nation-state Nation-state. National characteristics, Chinese. RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110710977 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2020 English 9783110704778 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2020 9783110704570 ZDB-23-DGF print 9780231193566 https://doi.org/10.7312/wals19356 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231550390 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231550390/original |
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