Representing Religion - History, Theory, Crisis (Paperback)

Since Saussure argued that there is an arbitrary, not a natural, relationship between a signifier and what it signifies, the human sciences have been in a crisis of representation. This volume consists of essays which explore the critical and constructive dimensions of that crisis. The critical dimension focuses on the history of Religious Studies, especially phenomenology, showing how it has been predicated on a transcendental, non-empirical concept of subjectivity (Geist). This led to a universalized concept of consciousness and a dehistoricized concept of experience as central to the understanding of religion. Nietzsche's critique of precisely these concepts, as refined and extended by poststructuralist theorists, is applied to this segment of the history of the study of religion. The constructive dimension of this work combines the methodological insights of Nietzsche, Saussure, Foucault, Barthes, and Bakhtin to form a Nietzschean semiotics (and the adjectival form is meant seriously), which serves as the basis for a new theory of religion. both to structure difference and to form trans-generational identities. This book would be of interest to students and scholars of religion who are looking for new ways of doing description and/or theory.

General

Imprint:	Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Religion in Culture
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	2007
Authors:	Tim Murphy
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-1-84553-092-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	1-84553-092-6
Barcode:	9781845530921

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