Carl Olson

Allure of Decadent Thinking

Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism

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Produktbeschreibung

Carl Olson offers a compelling and provocative argument against the application of postmodern thought to Religious Studies, showing how such radically skeptical thinking undermines, subverts, and distorts the study of religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780199959839
• ISBN-10: 0199959838
• Artikelnr.: 36692885

Autorenporträt

Professor of Religious Studies, Allegheny College

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Eroticism, Violence, and Sacrifice
Chapter 3 Excess, Time, and the Pure Gift
Chapter 4 Genealogy, Power, and Discourse
Chapter 5 Hermeneutics, Comparison, and Difference
Chapter 6 The Problematic Nature of Representational Thinking
Chapter 7 Responding to the Postmodern Challenge
Notes
Bibliography
Index