A Short History of Secularism

by Graeme Smith

What does it mean to call Western society 'secular'? What is 'secularism'? And how should we understand the concept of 'secularism' in international relations, particularly the clash between radical Islam and the West? The Latin term from which the word 'secular' is derived - 'saeculum' - means 'generation' or 'age', and came to mean that which belongs to this life, to the here and now, in this world. It is widely used as a shorthand for the ideology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845115775
• ISBN13: 9781845115777
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.5"