Overview
- Offers a fresh look on the Holy See as a hybrid actor in world politics
- Provides in-depth case studies for the impact of post-secular transformation in a global society
- Brings together interdisciplinary approaches to understand the power of the papacy in international relations
Part of the book series: Culture and Religion in International Relations (CRIR)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Geopolitical Stages
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Global Transformation
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Reviews
"The Papacy" and "modernity" are two terms that rarely intersect in international relations, but it will be impossible to ignore the former's impact on the latter -- and vice versa -- after reading this fascinating book. Through multiple forms of intertextual analysis, from a stroll through Paris to the Pope's Twitter feed to examinations of individual Popes and the Papacy's impact in radically different parts of the world, this book reconfigures our conceptions of time and space to foreground the dynamic nature of Papal politics in contemporary world politics."
– Cecilia M. Lynch, Professor, University of California, Irvine, USA
"This is not the first IR work paying attention to the Holy See. None, however, matches this volume, edited by one of the most promising IR scholars of his generation, Marian Barbato. The volume is multidisciplinary, not “monochrome,” but very colorful with contributors from many countries with the background not just in IR or political science but, in the humanities, including among other a philosopher, an art historian, scholar of religion, literary scholar. Barbato begins by taking you for a walk through Paris, the city that rose during the long–and for modern international relations pivotal–19th century to the capital of secular nationalism showing the undeniable and enduring entanglements of the public, religion, and world affairs.
The multidisciplinary tesserae the contributors put together into a mosaic is an alternative to the foundational IR narrative excluding or playing down religion. You are invited to re-think Western history; you are led to consider new perspectives on the global transformation. The Holy See is a “hybrid actor” on the world scene, merging religious and political but also international and transnational elements. In the uncertain fluid 21st century, with the use of media technology, there may be others."
– Prof. Vendulka Kubalkova, University of Miami, Florida, USA
"Mariano Barbato‘s edited volume is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on religion and IR. The focus on the papacy shows the limits of the established scholarship that has usually considered politically irrelevant religious actors and organizations . By extensively analyzing the actions of the papacy and the Holy See from the use of social media, to the engagement with international organizations, geopolitical spaces and global transformations, this volume sheds a new light on the continuous relevance of religion throughout different phases of the international system. It is a must read for students and scholars of International Relations."
– Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University, Author of What is Political Islam? (2018)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Pope, the Public, and International Relations
Book Subtitle: Postsecular Transformations
Editors: Mariano P. Barbato
Series Title: Culture and Religion in International Relations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46107-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46106-5Published: 01 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46109-6Published: 01 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46107-2Published: 30 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2945-7831
Series E-ISSN: 2945-784X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 209
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Religion