Sekularnost i religijski nacionalizam u eri "krize modernosti"/Secularity and religious nationalism in the era of "crisis modernity"

Abstract

In this paper I discuss connections between secularity, religion and nationalism, emphasising the concept of “legitimacy” of the age, as a dimension relevant for constituting “philosophical discourse of modernity” (Habermas). In the paper I focus my analysis on the three theoretical positions, which in different manners think, basically the same problem. First position refers to Hans Blumenberg’s philosophy, and his interpretation of the legitimacy of the New Age, considering the discussion about the concept of the Political Theology by Carl Schmitt. Second theoretical position is based on contemporary sociological approach of the “late” David Martin’s scientific position, concerning the question of “religious nationalism”. Third theoretical position, contextualises most “controversial and dangerous” thesis of American theologist William T. Cavanaugh about “myth of religious violence”. In this paper there is one “latent” thesis about “fundamentalistic secularity”. Paper is structurally formed from: Introduction, three chapters and conclusion.