Beyond Totalitarianism: (Re)Introducing Secularization Theory to Liberal Narratives of Progress

Vanguards, Sacralisation of Politics, and Totalitarianism: Category-based Epistemology and Political Religion

“…22 Focused specifically on political religion, Milan Babik takes umbrage at the 'fixation' on totalitarian polities when discussing political religion, instead positing to focus this analysis on liberal regimes as well. 23 More broadly, David D. Roberts has argued to place the general notion of 'totalitarianism' and 'political religions' under a (partially Nietzchean) 'great politics' paradigm. 24 And finally, a sizeable contingent of scholars deny that 'totalitarianism' (and thus, 'political religion' as well) has any analytical or historical value.…”

The government of life: managing populations, health and scarcity

“…© Taylor & Francis Group constraining triad of human fertility, scarce resources and confined space. The Malthus effect holds a critical potential to interrogate contemporary liberal doctrines of social order and appropriate state policy, particularly in light of the question whether modern biopolitics of the population can fundamentally do without theological and metaphysical assumptions (Babik, 2012).…”