Sacrality of the Secular

Postmodern Philosophy of Religion

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Through a bold and historically rooted vision for the future of philosophy of religion, The Sacrality of the Secular maps new and compelling possibilities for a nonsecularist secularity. In recent decades, philosophers in the continental tradition have taken a notable interest in the return of religion, a departure from the supposed hegemony of the secular age that began with the Enlightenment. At the same time, anthropologists and sociologists have begun to reject the once-dominant secularization thesis, which both prescribed and described the demise of religion in modern societies.In The Sacrality of the Secular, Bradley B. Onishi reconsiders the role of religion at a time when secularity is more tenuous than it might seem. He demonstrates that philosophy’s entanglement with religion led, perhaps counterintuitively, to vibrant reconceptions of the secular well before the unraveling of the secularization thesis or the turn to religion. Through rich readings of Heidegger, Bataille, Weber, and others, Onishi rethinks what philosophy can contribute to our understanding of religion and the wider social and cultural world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231183925

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Bradley B. Onishi is assistant professor of religion at Skidmore College. He is a coauthor of Christian Mysticism: An Introduction to Theoretical Approaches (2009) and coeditor of Mysticism in the French Tradition: Eruptions from France (2015).

Recensioner i media

The Sacrality of the Secular is a sophisticated study of religious resources implicit in ostensibly secular culture. Onishi demonstrates how the American appropriation of Heidegger and post-Heideggerian philosophy contributed to “the religious turn” in continental philosophy. The significance of this work extends far beyond the field of religious studies. Through a critical reassessment of theories of modernization and disenchantment, Onishi charts new directions for cultural inquiry at a time when the humanities have lost their way.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Philosophy’s “Turn to Religion” and Secularities 1. Different Worlds: Weber, Heidegger, and the Meaning of Life2. Philosophizing with Religion: Secular Reenchantment in the Early Heidegger3. Excendence and Heterology: Religious and Secular in Interwar Paris4. A Prophet of the Impossible: Bataille’s Mystical Turn and Continental Philosophy of Religion5. The Sacrality of the Secular: On the History and End of Philosophy of ReligionConclusion: Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies—Three ExamplesNotesBibliographyIndex