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Poetics of the flesh /

Mayra Rivera outlines the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh." Rivera's analysis furthers developments in new materialism and helps us to better understand the influence of Christian texts on co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rivera, Mayra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : both flesh and not
  • Becoming flesh : the Gospel of John
  • Abandoning flesh : the Letters of Paul
  • Embracing flesh : Tertullian
  • Incarnate philosophy
  • The ends of flesh
  • Inescapable bodies
  • Materializing relations.