The aim of this article is fairly simple, i.e. in depicting three religious figures, of the martyr, the convert (and re-convert), and the (apocalyptic) knight, I would like to discuss the process of resurgent religion in politics. I assume that it is not merely a return to the past: a subordination of the former to the latter or, vice versa, an exploitation of religion by politicians. We are dealing with another theoretical puzzle: the autonomy of politics itself produces religious figures whenever politics reveals its pure soul, the symbolic code according to which the political domain works. I refer here to the semantically opposing friend-enemy code highlighted by Carl Schmitt.
Resurgent Religion in Politics
PACE, VINCENZO
2011
Abstract
The aim of this article is fairly simple, i.e. in depicting three religious figures, of the martyr, the convert (and re-convert), and the (apocalyptic) knight, I would like to discuss the process of resurgent religion in politics. I assume that it is not merely a return to the past: a subordination of the former to the latter or, vice versa, an exploitation of religion by politicians. We are dealing with another theoretical puzzle: the autonomy of politics itself produces religious figures whenever politics reveals its pure soul, the symbolic code according to which the political domain works. I refer here to the semantically opposing friend-enemy code highlighted by Carl Schmitt.
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