Dear colleagues,

Please find details below of a new book which I hope will be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Apologies for any cross-posting.

Giorgio Shani (2014) Religion, Identity and Human Security (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge) ISBN:
978-0-415-50906-0:

Description

Religion, Identity and Human Security attempts to articulate a 'post-secular' approach to Human Security suited to a globalizing and increasingly post-Western world. It is divided into two sections. The first section provides the theoretical framework for re-conceptualizing Critical Human Security along post-secular lines. The second attempts to apply this framework to three sites of insecurity: the EU, South Asia and Japan. It will primarily be of interest to students of International Relations, Critical Security Studies and Religion and Politics.

Contents
Part I: Reconceptualizing Human Security in a Post-Secular Age, 1. Globalization and Identity After the Financial Crisis, 2. Provincializing Post-Secularism, 3. Re-conceptualizing Security:
Towards a Critical Human Security Paradigm? 4.
De-Secularizing Human Security, Part II: Sites of Human Insecurity, 5. Emancipating Zoe: The Securitization of the Veil in France, 6. Sarva Dharma Sambhava: Religion and Human In/Security in South Asia 7. Tabunka Kyōsei ?
Ethno-Nationalism and Human Insecurity in Japan,
Conclusion: To be Human is not to be resilient.
Reviews
This excellent book is not only an original contribution to critical human security studies, but more broadly, an outstanding remapping of postsecular thinking in International Relations.Prof. Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Aberystwyth University, UK.
Through an erudite analysis of recent debates about the veil in France, ethno-religious tensions in South Asia, and ethno-nationalism in Japan, Giorgio Shani defends a ‘post-secular’ approach to human security that openly embraces cultural diversity and religious difference.
This lucid and wide-ranging book will interest students of globalisation, identity politics, post-colonialism, and critical security studies’ Prof. Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK.
Link

For more details, see below:

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415509060/

Sincerely yours,
Giorgio Shani

Giorgio Shani PhD (London)
Director, Social Science Research Institute, Associate Director of the Rotary Peace Center, International Christian University,
3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan
Tel: +81 (0)422-33-3708, Fax: +81 (0)422-33-3229 http://researchers.icu.ac.jp/Profiles/6/0000527/prof_e.
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http://icu.academia.edu/GiorgioShani

Region President, Asia-Pacific,
International Studies Association
http://www.isanet.org/ISA/Regions/AsiaPacific.aspx

New Book: Religion, Identity and Human Security (Routledge 2014) http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415509060/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B001HP3QB2
http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B001HP3QB2