Manufacturing Religion

The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia

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Russell McCutcheon offers a powerful critique of traditional scholarship on religion, focusing on multiple interrelated targets. He analyzes the ideological basis for and service of the sui generis argument, demonstrating that it has been used to constitute the field's object of study. Introduction: The Manufacture of ``Religion'' 3(24) Ideological Strategies and the Politics of Nostalgia 27(24) Autonomy, Discourses, and Social Privilege 51(23) The Debate on the Autonomy of Eliade 74(27) The Poverty of Theory in the Classroom 101(26) The Category Religion in Recent Scholarship 127(31) The Imperial Dynamic and the Discourse on Religion 158(34) Institutional Identity and the Significance of Theory 192(23) Notes 215(12) References 227(16) Index 243
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Jaar
2003
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
268
Gewicht
381 gr
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9780195166637
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239 x 153 x 15 mm
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