Liberalism, the First Amendment and Religious Studies: A review of Stanley Fish'sThe Trouble With Principle

Autor:	Winston Davis
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	History Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject First amendment Fideism Politics Liberalism Embodied cognition Law Rhetoric Public sphere Ideology Sociology Religious studies media_common
Zdroj:	Religion. 34:211-227
ISSN:	1096-1151 0048-721X
DOI:	10.1016/j.religion.2004.01.002
Popis:	In The Trouble with Principle Stanley Fish argues that (1) there are no neutral principles; (2) that liberalism is intolerant, anti-religious and amoral; (3) that only politics, ideology and rhetoric ‘exist’ and that in politics and rhetoric, as in war, ‘anything goes’; (4) that the principles embodied in the First Amendment stand in the way of political responsibility; and (5) that religion, the primary victim of liberalism, should reassert itself in the public sphere and in academe by putting on the full armour of rhetoric and politics. Although in his book Fish distinguishes between professional experts and true believers, he recently has given up this distinction and instead advocates the creation of departments of religious studies staffed by ‘true believers’. Disagreeing with all of these positions, the reviewer argues that Fish's antifoundational attack on liberalism and advocacy of a neo-foundational fideism bespeak a singular lack of political wisdom.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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