Postmodernism and the revolution in religious theory: toward a semiotics of the event
Religion and the semiotic revolution -- Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion? -- Postmodernism and the return of the "religious" -- Radical religion in the "desert of the real" -- Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville [u.a.]
University of Virginia Press
c 2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Theory
B Religious philosophy / The Postmodern |
| Further subjects: | B
Derrida, Jacques
B Žižek, Slavoj B Badiou, Alain B Postmodernism Religious aspects B Semiotics Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | Religion and the semiotic revolution -- Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion? -- Postmodernism and the return of the "religious" -- Radical religion in the "desert of the real" -- Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of postmodern religious theory -- Levinas and the final à-dieu to theology -- Deleuze and nomadology -- Žižek and the failure of the subject -- Badiou and the prospects for theory -- Conclusion: toward a revival of religious theory |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index |
| ISBN: | 0813933064 |