Bringing Religion into International Relations
Author: Jonathan Fox
This book examines the role religion plays in international relations as well as why this role has been ignored until now by international relations theorists. Fox and Sandler argue that while religion is not the driving force in world politics, international relations cannot be understood without taking religion into account. Religious legitimacy influences policy makers and their constituents; local religious phenomena, especially religious conflicts, cross borders; many transnational issues like human rights and population control have religious components. The authors also examine Huntington's Clash of Civilizations, which touches indirectly upon the role of religion in current world politics, and provide insights into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Table of Contents:
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | The overlooked dimension | 9 |
| 3 | Religion and legitimacy | 35 |
| 4 | Local religious conflicts are international issues | 63 |
| 5 | Transnational religious phenomena | 83 |
| 6 | The clash of civilizations debate | 115 |
| 7 | The Palestinian-Israeli conflict : a case study of religion and international politics | 137 |
| 8 | Toward a theory of international relations and religion | 163 |
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Nazi Propaganda and World War II
Author: Aristotle A Kallis
Was Nazi wartime propaganda a 'totalitarian' mechanism that controlled the perceptions of the Germans? Was it as effective as generally thought? Did it 'win' the psychological war over the minds of the population? Was Joseph Goebbels the 'mastermind' of the Third Reich? This book analyzes the factors that determined the organization, conduct and output of Nazi propaganda during World War II, in an attempt to re-assess previously inflated perceptions about the influence of Nazi propaganda and the role of the regime's propagandists in the outcome of the 1939-45 military conflict.
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