Masking Hegemony: A Genealogy of Liberalism, Religion and the Private Sphere

by Craig Martin

'Masking Hegemony' presents a critical evaluation of the language used in liberal political thought, tracing liberalism's use of two key binary concepts - public/private and religion/state - from the Protestant Reformation to the present. Whilst appearing to separate "religion" from "state" and "public" from "private", this language actually masks the influence of religious institutions on state policies and the inevitable circulation of power from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845537068
• ISBN13: 9781845537067
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"