Before recognition : how the politics of religion shaped the international order /
"Recognizing religion in global politics is neither neutral nor benign. This book reveals how recognition operates to reinforce hierarchies, reify religious difference, and deepen political divisions. Maria Birnbaum reframes religion as a historically contingent category of knowledge and govern...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2026
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| Series: | LSE international studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Recognizing religion in global politics is neither neutral nor benign. This book reveals how recognition operates to reinforce hierarchies, reify religious difference, and deepen political divisions. Maria Birnbaum reframes religion as a historically contingent category of knowledge and governance. She shifts the question from whether religion should be recognized to how it becomes recognizable. Through the entangled imperial histories of British India and Mandate Palestine, the book traces how colonial and anti-colonial governmental logics shaped the politics of religious minorities, representation, and border-making-dynamics that continue to shape postcolonial states like Pakistan and Israel. Offering a timely critique of the epistemic assumptions underpinning global discourses on religion, sovereignty, and political order, Before Recognition challenges conventional understandings of religion in international relations"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781009606837 1009606832 9781009606875 1009606875 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009606875 |