Secular Power Europe and Islam argues that secularism is not the central principle of international relations but should be considered as one belief system that influences international politics. Through an exploration of Europe's secular identity, an identity that is seen erroneously as normative, author Sarah Wolff shows how Islam confronts the EU's existential anxieties about its security and its secular identity. Islam disrupts Eurocentric assumptions about democracy and revolution and human rights. Through three case studies, Wolff encourages the reader to unpack secularism as a bedrock principle of IR and diplomacy. This book argues that the EU's interest and diplomacy activities in relation to religion, and to Islam specifically, is shaped by the insistence on a European secular identity, which should be reconsidered in areas of religion and foreign policy.

About the Author
Sarah Wolff is Director of the Center for European Research and Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.


Book Information
ISBN 9780472132539
Author Sarah Wolff
Format Hardback
Page Count 198
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 400g