Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State
Description:
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.
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780231193573
Frequently Asked Questions about Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State
The price for the book starts from $6.03 on Amazon and is available from 23 sellers at the moment.
At BookScouter, the prices for the book start at $1.99. Feel free to explore the offers for the book in used or new condition from various booksellers, aggregated on our website.
If you’re interested in selling back the Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
The Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 4,444,475 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.
The highest price to sell back the Stating the Sacred: Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State book within the last three months was on December 04 and it was $0.52.