Russell T Mccutcheon

Religion and the Domestication of Dissent

Or, How to Live in a Less Than Perfect Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

This essay considers a variety of discursive sites, from contemporary film and art to the War on Terror to ask the reader to consider how the classifications we use to name and thereby negotiate our social worlds are implicitly political and are being wielded in the public arena to carry out generally undisclosed/under analysed social work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781845530006
• ISBN-10: 1845530004
• Artikelnr.: 21042577

Autorenporträt

Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. "Religion" and the Lust for Dogmatic Rule
2. Swapping Spit around the Campfire
3. The Tricks and Treats of Classification
4. A Little More Authentic than was Really Necessary
5. Another Reason why Societies Need Dissent
6. That Versatile Little Problem-Solver
Afterword
References