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The allure of decadent thinking : religious studies and the challenge of postmodernism /
The use of postmodern thought to approach the study of religion threatens to call into question the values and representational mode of thinking typical of the field. Religious studies with a radical scepticism grounded in an embrace of decadence by postmodern thinkers has the potential to undermine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Eroticism, violence, and sacrifice
- Excess, time, and the pure gift
- Genealogy, power, and discourse
- Hermeneutics, comparison, and difference
- The problematic nature of representational thinking
- Responding to the postmodern challenge.