Jacques Lacan and the Theory of the Religious Subject

Jacques Lacan’s theory of the subject is put forward in order to correct what the author calls “the naïve theory of the subject,” which sociologists of religion tend to utilize by default in numerous quantitative sociological studies based on mass surveys and oriented towards obtaining exact, scient...

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Main Author: Uzlaner, Dmitry (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-56
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lacan, Jacques 1901-1981 / Religion / Subject (Philosophy) / Religious sociology
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Jacques Lacan religion sociology of religion sociological surveys positivism the theory of the subject vicarious religion
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