Religious Affects : Animality, Evolution, and Power /

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In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects. Drawing on affect theory, evolutionary biology, and poststructuralist theory, Schaefer builds on the recent materialis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaefer, Donovan O., 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Teologisk antropologi.
Djur > religiösa aspekter.
Theological anthropology.
Animals > Religious aspects.
Affect (Psychology) > Religious aspects.
RELIGION > Philosophy.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Anthropologie theologique.
Animaux > Aspect religieux.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Religion, language, and affect
  • Intransigence : power, embodiment, and the two types of affect theory
  • Teaching religion, emotion, and global cinema
  • Compulsion : affect, desire, and materiality
  • Savages : ideology, primatology, and Islamophobia
  • Accident: animalism, evolution, and affective economies
  • A theory of the waterfall dance : on accident, language, and animal religion.

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