The Fetish of Theology
The Challenge of the Fetish-Object to Modernity
(Sprache: Englisch)
By delving into the history of the fetish-object among both modern and contemporary commentators, this book highlights the fetish-object's role as a philosophical and religious concept of the highest significance. Historically, fetishes are implicated in...
Jetzt vorbestellen
versandkostenfrei
Buch (Gebunden)
98.99 €
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenlose Rücksendung
- Ratenzahlung möglich
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „The Fetish of Theology “
Klappentext zu „The Fetish of Theology “
By delving into the history of the fetish-object among both modern and contemporary commentators, this book highlights the fetish-object's role as a philosophical and religious concept of the highest significance. Historically, fetishes are implicated in specific struggles for sovereign (political) and/or religious (hierarchical) power, with their interwoven symbols defined as the primary location for transcendence in our world. This book defines the political consequences of fetish-objects within a western cultural, and primarily theological context through a comparative approach of various literatures on fetish-objects-anthropological to the psychological, Marxist to the theological. It reconceives of fetishes as a form of resistance to oppressive structures, something which motivated Christians themselves historically, and shaped our western understanding of the sacraments far more than has been acknowledged. Taking up this conversation likewise holds forth the possibility of reconceptualizing how fetish-objects and sacramental presences both speak profoundly to our late-modern selves.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Fetish of Theology “
1. Introduction.- 2. A Genealogy of the Sacrament-Fetish Divide.- 3. Marx on Commodity and Capital Fetishism.- 4. Fetishism as Psychological Compensation for a Lack.- 5. Critical Theory and the Liberating Potential of the Fetish.- 6. Beyond Representation: Is There Nothing Outside the Fetish?.- 7. New Paths for the Theological and the Fetishistic.- 8. Conclusion.
Autoren-Porträt von Colby Dickinson
Colby Dickinson is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago. Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Colby Dickinson
- 2020, 1st ed. 2020, XV, 288 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030407748
- ISBN-13: 9783030407742
Sprache:
Englisch
Kommentar zu "The Fetish of Theology"
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "The Fetish of Theology".
Kommentar verfassen