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Autore |
McCutcheon Russell T. <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Manufacturing religion : the discourse on sui generis religion and the politics of nostalgia / / Russell T. McCutcheon |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-774002-2 |
1-280-45270-6 |
0-19-535568-7 |
0-585-20792-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion - Study and teaching - Methodology |
Autonomy (Psychology) - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 1995. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-242) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction: The Manufacture of ""Religion""; 1. Ideological Strategies and the Politics of Nostalgia; 2. Autonomy, Discourses, and Social Privilege; 3. The Debate on the Autonomy of Eliade; 4. The Poverty of Theory in the Classroom; 5. The Category Religion in Recent Scholarship; 6. The Imperial Dynamic and the Discourse on Religion; 7. Institutional Identity and the Significance of Theory; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Offering a critique of traditional religion scholarship, this work focuses on multiple interrelated targets. It covers the history of religions as a discipline, and examines the ideological basis for, and service of, the ""sui generis"" argument. |
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