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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Olson, Carl
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.