Manufacturing religion : the discourse on sui generis religion and the politics of nostalgia / / Russell T. McCutcheon
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 200/.72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religion - Study and teaching - Methodology |
| Autonomy (Psychology) - Religious aspects | |
| Note generali: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 1995. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-242) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Manufacturing religion |
| ISBN: | 0-19-774002-2 |
| 1-280-45270-6 | |
| 0-19-535568-7 | |
| 0-585-20792-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778714603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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