博客來The Religion of World Chaos. A Penultimate Call to Europe is a powerful and timely essay on geopolitics, global conflicts, and the deep relationship between religion and politics in the contemporary world. This book offers a clear and original interpretation of today’s wars, political crises, and ideological confrontations, moving beyond traditional geopolitical analysis to reveal their theopolitical foundations.
Focusing on the conflict between Iran and Israel, the author explains how ancient messianic expectations have been transformed into tools of political power. Through a detailed analysis of language, symbols, and internal dynamics, the book shows how the sacralization of politics produces a new form of war - total, non-negotiable, and potentially catastrophic. These conflicts are not only military or strategic; they are anthropological and cultural at their core.
The analysis expands to the United States, Europe, India, Russia, and China, examining phenomena such as populist messianism, ethnic nationalism, technocracy, and the sacralization of capitalism. Western secularism, the author argues, has not eliminated religion from public life. Instead, it has relocated the sacred into the State, technology, ideology, and collective identity, generating new forms of political religion.
Written in a clear, rigorous, and accessible style, this book addresses key questions in world politics: Why do modern conflicts never truly end? Why does diplomacy seem ineffective? Why are democratic societies increasingly polarized and vulnerable to ideological and religious propaganda?
The book concludes by identifying Europe’s historical legacy - the distinction between religion and political power - as a crucial resource for confronting the crisis of secularism and rebuilding a strong, pluralistic laicity. The Religion of World Chaos is an essential read for anyone interested in geopolitics, international relations, political theology, global crises, and the future of democracy.
