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- | ## Key ideas for this week ## | + | ## A critique of liberalism ## |
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+ | * Western societies tell a story of themselves in which the present social order represents the emancipation of the individual and a recognition of the individual' | ||
+ | * In this story, history moves from traditional institutions which limit people' | ||
+ | * According to Marx, a liberal state governs citizens as individuals, | ||
+ | * This ideology disguises the alienation which makes liberal citizenship possible and thus serves the interests of the bourgeoisie. | ||
+ | * Marx's critique of liberalism is, in that sense, an extension of our critique of Western secularism from last week. | ||
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+ | ## Civil religion | ||
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+ | * The question of this week--//Do liberal societies need beliefs?// | ||
+ | * Robert Bellah: "Civil religion" | ||
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+ | ## Blasphemy | ||
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+ | * The question of this week can also be read as asking something else: f there is a risk of a liberalism becoming a civil religion, is there a way we can imagine a liberal society which is safe for all kinds of religion? | ||
+ | * Should liberal societies prohibit blasphemy? | ||
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+ | ## Why might blasphemy be threatening to society? | ||
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* locutionary, | * locutionary, | ||
* Fighting words, hate speech, " | * Fighting words, hate speech, " | ||
- | * Blasphemy, and blasphemy laws. | + | |
- | * Should blasphemy be illegal? Why or why not? | + | ## Laws against blasphemy |
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- | * Semiotic ideology | + | |
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+ | * Proselytising to members of the majority is illegal: Algeria, Morocco, Iraq* | ||
+ | * Proselytising is restricted: Venezuela (indigenous), | ||
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+ | * China only allows proselytising in recognized places of worship. | ||
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+ | (see Fox 2015: 193). | ||
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+ | ## Semiotic ideology | ||
* Like language ideology, or the indexicality of language, register, ritual, and style. | * Like language ideology, or the indexicality of language, register, ritual, and style. | ||
* More generally, an implicit cultural ' | * More generally, an implicit cultural ' | ||
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+ | Communicator--Message--Code--World | ||
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+ | ## The Danish cartoon controversy and Terry Jones | ||
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* Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartooons controversy, | * Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartooons controversy, | ||
* Terry Jones and threatened Qu'ran burning, July to September 2010 (Derby 2010). | * Terry Jones and threatened Qu'ran burning, July to September 2010 (Derby 2010). | ||
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* Mahmood: assimilative versus representational ideologies of meaning. Is it that simple? | * Mahmood: assimilative versus representational ideologies of meaning. Is it that simple? | ||
* Another case of iconophilia? | * Another case of iconophilia? | ||
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## References ## | ## References ## |
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