A Matter of Perspective?: Disentangling the Emic-Etic Debate in the Scientific Study of Religion\s

This article introduces the emic–etic debate in the scientific study of religion\s and provides a frame for the special issue’s six articles on the topic. Departing from the broader debate’s early history in the 1960s, this article contextualizes the emic–etic debate and locates its point of entry i...

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Authors: Mostowlansky, Till (Author) ; Rota, Andrea 1983- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2016
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2016, 卷: 28, 发布: 4/5, Pages: 317-336
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 宗教学 / Emische Analyse / Etische Analyse
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
Further subjects:B emic–etic insider–outsider methodology epistemology Pike Harris McCutcheon
在线阅读: Volltext (Publisher)
Rights Information:InC 1.0
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总结:This article introduces the emic–etic debate in the scientific study of religion\s and provides a frame for the special issue’s six articles on the topic. Departing from the broader debate’s early history in the 1960s, this article contextualizes the emic–etic debate and locates its point of entry into the scientific study of religion\s in the 1980s. This article argues that in the course of the debate the insider–outsider and emic–etic complexes have become entangled. In order to facilitate an understanding of the debate, this article maintains that the emic–etic debate in the scientific study of religion\s touches upon three central dimensions (existential–political, methodological, and epistemological). In order to move toward a clearer methodological and epistemological framework, this article furthermore proposes an iterative model that locates insider–outsider at the level of observers and emic–etic at the level of categories.
实物描述:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1570-0682
Contains:In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341367