{"product_id":"9783032158277","title":"Insecurity and Contemporary Mexican Religiosity","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInsecurity and Contemporary Mexican Religiosity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAmalendu Misra\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Religious\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eInsecurity and Contemporary Mexican Religiosity\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the intersection between insecurity and non-mainstream faiths in contemporary Mexico. It asks why people turn to contentious faiths during extremities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eThis detailed study brings to light how a belief system representing three popular saints - Santa Muerte, Jesús Malverde, and San Judas Tadeo - has been\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eadopted by the country’s poor and marginal and co-opted by criminal fraternities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eBy interrogating manifestations of this new religiosity in Mexican society, Amalendu Misra demonstrates how faith can bolster the assertion of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003epower in order to challenge authority and even on occasion inflict injury on adversaries. Misra also draws on testimonials, religious representations, and disturbing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003estatistics regarding brutality to underscore the dependence on specific forms of divinity, of those seeking to survive Mexico’s ecosystem of spiralling criminal violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmalendu Misra\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of the following monographs: \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eOn Beheading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003e(2022); \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eTowards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e (2017); \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eThe Landscape of Silence: Sexual Violence Against Men in War\u003c\/em\u003e (2015); \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003ePolitics of Civil Wars\u003c\/em\u003e (2008);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eAfghanistan – The Labyrinth of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e (2005); and \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eIdentity and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032158277\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228883083404,"sku":"9783032158277","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032158277.jpg?v=1780603880","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032158277","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}