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The Work of Art : Rethinking the Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
How are we to think of works of art? Rather than treat art as an expression of individual genius, market forces, or aesthetic principles, Michael Jackson focuses on how art effects transformations in our lives. Art opens up transitional, ritual, or utopian spaces that enable us to reconcile inward i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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La Vergne :
Columbia University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Insurrections: critical studies in religion, politics, and culture
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How are we to think of works of art? Rather than treat art as an expression of individual genius, market forces, or aesthetic principles, Michael Jackson focuses on how art effects transformations in our lives. Art opens up transitional, ritual, or utopian spaces that enable us to reconcile inward imperatives and outward constraints, thereby making our lives more manageable and meaningful. Art allows us to strike a balance between being actors and being acted upon. Drawing on his ethnographic fieldwork in Aboriginal Australia and West Africa, as well as insights from psychoanalysis, religious. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231541992 0231541996 |