Emilio Gentile. Politics as Religion(Princeton University Press)
EMILIO GENTILE, Professor of Modern History at the University of Rome, an internationally renowned authority on fascism and totalitarianism, argues that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion, defining the fundamental purpose and meaning of human life. Secular political entities such as the nation, state, class, and party became the focus of myths, rituals, and commandments and gradually became objects of faith, loyalty, and reverence.
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Emilio Gentile defines political religion as a “more or less developed system of beliefs, myths, rituals and symbols” that creates an aura of sacredness around an entity belonging to the world and “turns it into a cult or object of worship or devotion.” “Gods” are one class of entities that human beings worship. However, other objects become sacred within societies. One such entity worshipped in the modern world—inspiring a cult of devotion—is the Nation-State. The state may appear as an “enthralling and awe-inspiring power that invokes a feeling of absolute dependency.”
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