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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Carl
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Religion > Methodology.
Religion > Study and teaching.
Postmodernism.
Religion > Méthodologie.
Religion > Étude et enseignement.
Postmodernisme.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Postmodernism
Religion > Methodology
Religion > Study and teaching
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion - General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.