2010, ISBN: 1438432879

[SR: 15985517], Hardcover, [EAN: 9781438432878], SUNY Press, SUNY Press, Book, [PU: SUNY Press], 2010-12-14, SUNY Press, A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approac… More...

[SR: 15985517], Hardcover, [EAN: 9781438432878], SUNY Press, SUNY Press, Book, [PU: SUNY Press], 2010-12-14, SUNY Press, A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts.A penetrating critique of the dominant approach to the study of religion, The Politics of Spirit explores the historical and philosophical scaffolding of the phenomenology of religion. Although this approach purports to give a value-free, neutral description of religious data, it actually imposes a set of metaphysical and evaluative concepts on that data. A very harmful ethnocentrism has resulted, which plagues the academic study of religion to this day. Analysis of the history, core texts, and discursive structure of phenomenology of religion reveals how this ethnocentrism is embedded within its assumptions. Of particular interest is the revelation of the extent to which Hegel’s ideas―over those of Husserl―contributed to the tenets that became standard in the study of religion.Tim Murphy argues that the poststructuralist concept of genealogy, as derived from Nietzsche, can both describe religion better than the phenomenological approach and avoid the political pitfalls of ethnocentrism by replacing its core categories with the categories of difference, contingency, and otherness. Ultimately, Murphy argues that postmodern genealogy should replace phenomenology as the paradigm for understanding both religion and the study , 12460, Philosophy, 12779, Religious Studies, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 16009861, Theology, 12449, Christian, 11309341011, Hinduism, 15755551, Islam, 12597, Judaism, 12779, Religious Studies, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11063, Phenomenology, 886134, Movements, 11019, Philosophy, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11072, Religious, 11019, Philosophy, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

2010, ISBN: 9781438432878

A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts. Buch (fremdspr.) Tim Murphy gebundene Aus… More...

A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts. Buch (fremdspr.) Tim Murphy gebundene Ausgabe, St Univ Of New York Pr, 01.12.2010, St Univ Of New York Pr, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 1438432879

[EAN: 9781438432878], New book, [SC: 7.68], [PU: Suny Press, New York], 9781438432878, THE POLITICS OF SPIRIT: PHENOMENOLOGY, GENEALOGY, RELIGION, TIM MURPHY, SUNY PRESS, 4950,, 393pp., B… More...

[EAN: 9781438432878], New book, [SC: 7.68], [PU: Suny Press, New York], 9781438432878, THE POLITICS OF SPIRIT: PHENOMENOLOGY, GENEALOGY, RELIGION, TIM MURPHY, SUNY PRESS, 4950,, 393pp., Books<

ISBN: 1438432879

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2010, ISBN: 9781438432878

Phenomenology, Genealogy, Religion, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: State University of New York Press], State University of New York Press, 2010