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"In 1921, Walter Benjamin wrote his seminal essay on 'Capitalism as Religion' stating that capitalism is purely cultic, while missing elements of dogmatics, transcendence, and salvation. In recent years this text has received renewed attention. In his article, Andreas Arndt presents a short review of the recent debate and, unlike other authors, emphasizes that Benjamin refers more to anti-capitalist literary work and apocalyptic visions than to a marxist notion of capitalism and a framework of political economy." (author's abstract)

Aus chinesischer Sicht

Aus chinesischer Sicht

Recently, many parts of the world, including Western democracies, which are historically shaped by Christianity, have experienced new developments in the religio-political field. These changes result in calls for a revision or renegotiation of the relationship between religion & politics. This concerns not only the religiously asymmetrical constitutions in the European democracies where established churches are privileged & religious, in particular Muslim, minorities are struggling to achieve recognition & equal status. Also, countries with a strict separation of church & state such as the US, France, & Turkey are facing criticism of their religio-political arrangements -- arrangements that have acquired a hegemonial status in modern political theory as well as in Western publics. This article attempts a critique of the (normative) principle of a separation of the public & religious spheres, as embedded in liberal thoughts & democratic justifications. It strives for a normatively more convincing & politically more productive paradigm of the relationship between religion & politics & its proper regulation in a religiously & culturally plural democracy. 79 References. Adapted from the source document.