Diogenes articles from September 2003

Diogenes archives from September 2003

What was a Roman emperor? Emperor, therefore a God.
September 22, 2003... Caesarism is contrasted with medieval monarchies, and the emperor is evaluated as a citizen who is in charge of the Republic and is all-powerful. However, two-thirds of the Augustuses and the Caesars died a violent death, often at the hands of...

The new politics, history and history of religions: the world after 11 September 2001.
September 22, 2003... The purpose of this paper was to sketch in the outlines of the New Politics that is necessary following recent changes and events. The requirements of this New Politics aim not to restrict international, national and regional politics solely to...

Religious pluralism and crises of identity.
September 22, 2003... Processes of globalization have transformed the religious field, raising questions of identity for different religious traditions and their relations with the State, especially in European countries. Religious pluralism remains in most cases...

Religion and conflict in Japan with special reference to Shinto and Yasukuni Shrine.
September 22, 2003... While Japanese society in some respects appears to be very coherent, its history has frequently been one of internal tension and strife. Factionalism is strong even today, and takes both political and religious forms. When the indigenous Shinto...

Discourses of demonization in Africa and beyond.
September 22, 2003... Recent theoretical perspectives on religion and violence and on cultural difference are grounded within a discussion of the discourses of demonism and satanism which have become increasingly prevalent in many parts of Africa today. These stem...

Muslim women: between cliche and reality.
September 22, 2003... The cliches attached to Islam and Muslim women that the West had perpetuated since the Middle Ages and that were later propagated by Orientalist writers and painters, ate reviewed in this article. The emergence of the subject of women as the...

An anthropological view of vision.
September 22, 2003... From the mystical experiences of religious visions to the most degenerate forms of violence and pornography, the image, be it perceptual or conceptual, has imposed itself as a powerful form of human expression. The evocative, emotional and...

Iconoclasm and iconophobia: four historical case studies.
September 22, 2003... Iconophobia, literally the fear of religious images, usually occurs in proportion to the powers attributed to them by their believers. In the worst cases, these fears have led to, or coincide with, a cycle of violence that may involve the...

The emancipation of thought: on the work of Michel de Certeau.
September 22, 2003... When we consider the social and political disarray of the moment, we are forced to recognize how hard it is, in periods of crisis, to clarify the changes taking place. So it is an urgent and necessary task to return to Michel de Certeau's work,...