| Foucault and Religion Contributor(s): Carrette, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415202590 ISBN-13: 9780415202596 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: "Foucault and Religion" seeks to unearth a new dimension of Foucault scholarship. Renowned Foucault scholar Jeremy Carrette reveals not simply how Foucault's work can be applied to religion but how a religious question at the heart of Foucault's own work offers a radical challenge to religious ideas. Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. This first major commentary on Foucault and religion opens up the diverse religious questions the philosopher raises in his work, and sheds new light on how Foucault challenges religious thinking and transforms religious understanding. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 210.92 |
| LCCN: 99031682 |
| Lexile Measure: 1670 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.38" W x 9.52" (1.00 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foucault and Religion is the first major study of Michel Foucault in relation and response to Religion. Jeremy Carrette offers us a challenging new look at Foucault's work and addresses a religious dimension that has previously been neglected. We see that prior to Foucault's infamous unpublished volume in the 'History of Sexuality', on the theme of Christianity, there is a complex religious sub-text which anticipates this final unseen work. Jeremy Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. He shows us that Foucault's creation of a body theology through the death of God, reveals how religious beliefs reflect the sexual body, questions the notion of a mystical archaeology and exposes the political technology of confession. Anyone interested in understanding Foucault's thought in a new light will find this book a truly fascinating read. |