Cool passion : the political theology of conviction : inaugural lecture delivered upon the installation as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam on Friday 25 May 2007 / by Thomas Blom Hansen.

The category of belief has been severely criticised in the last decades but ideas of having principles based on interior refl ections and conscience are as strong as ever across the world. This indicates that the modern idea of conviction - religious or secular - should be understood as a way of rel...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : University of Amsterdam : Vossiuspers UvA, ©2009.
Series:	VOR Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen Ser.
Subjects:	Political theology. Belief and doubt.