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: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Derrida, Jacques
B Žižek, Slavoj B Semiotics ; Religious aspects B Religion ; Philosophy B Badiou, Alain B Postmodernism ; Religious aspects B Postmodernism Religious aspects B Semiotics Religious aspects |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Postmodernism and the revolution in religious theory: |
| 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 and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (x, 235 p) |
| ISBN: | 0-8139-3308-0 978-0-8139-3308-5 |
