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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822974103321

Autore

Carrette Jeremy R.

Titolo

William James's hidden religious imagination : a universe of relations / / by Jeremy Carrette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-08799-3

0-203-38324-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in religion ; ; 28

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Relation (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

James's theory of relations -- Percepts and rethinking James's concept of "religion" -- The filial-Calvinist relation -- The body-sex relation -- The social-political relation -- The poetic-more relation -- Conclusion: religion, power, and the relational attitude.

Sommario/riassunto

<P>This book offers a radical new reading of William James's work on the idea of 'religion.' Moving beyond previous psychological and philosophical interpretations, it uncovers a dynamic, imaginative, and critical use of the category of religion. This work argues that we can only fully understand James's work on religion by returning to the ground of his metaphysics of relations and by incorporating literary and historical themes. It will be a benchmark text in the reshaping of James and the nineteenth-century foundations of the modern study of 'religion.' </P>