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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818492003321

Autore

Carrette Jeremy R

Titolo

Foucault and religion : spiritual corporality and political spirituality / / Jeremy R. Carrette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-63227-4

1-134-63228-2

1-280-19910-5

0-203-45781-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 215 p. : ill

Disciplina

210/.92

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Outline of Foucault's work and the question of religion -- 2. Silence and confession -- 3. Surrealism and the religious imagination -- 4. Male theology in the bedroom -- 5. Mystical archaeology -- 6. Body and belief -- 7. Towards a political spirituality.

Sommario/riassunto

Foucault and Religion is the first major study of Michel Foucault in relation and response to Religion. Jeremy Carrette offers us a challenging new look at Foucault's work and addresses a religious dimension that has previously been neglected. We see that prior to Foucault's infamous unpublished volume in the 'History of Sexuality', on the theme of Christianity, there is a complex religious sub-text which anticipates this final unseen work. Jeremy Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. He shows us that Foucault's creation of a body theology through the death of God, reveals how religious beliefs reflect the sexual body, questions the notion of a mystical archaeology and exposes the political technology of confession. Anyone interested in understanding Foucault's thought in a new light will find this book a truly fascinating read.