Critical theory and the ontology of "religion": A response to Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, bu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 302-307 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Haslanger, Sally 1955-
/ Critical theory
/ Religion
/ Construct
/ Science of Religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
| Further subjects: | B
promiscuous realism
B Ontology B Kevin Schilbrack B concept of "religion" B Social Construction B Sally Haslanger |
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| Summary: | Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, but it goes further by treating "religion" as what Haslanger calls a strongly pragmatic social construction, that is, a category that is solely the product of the use of the concept and which does not capture any feature in the world. In this response, I clarify that this argument can be made in a way that is stronger and closer to that of Haslanger if one adopts the position she calls "promiscuous realism." |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Social construction and social critique (2017)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732137 |