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Religion After Postmodernism
Victor E. Taylor
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Description for Religion After Postmodernism
Hardback. Examining the role of the imagination in the modern and postmodern periods, this book looks at the fable as a narrative form that addresses the ultimate questions of how to live and why. It calls for a reconsideration of 'theory as thinking' for the future of philosophy, religious studies, and literature. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In this critical examination of the role of the imagination in the modern and postmodern periods, Victor E. Taylor looks at the fable as a narrative form that addresses the ultimate questions of how to live and why. He assesses various literary theories and styles in the wake of postmodernism to reveal the ways in which fable-style narrative can be a meaningful genre for addressing traditional and post-traditional religious, ethical, and epistemological concerns. In the process, Taylor draws on key figures across the humanities - from Mircea Eliade and Claude Levi-Strauss, Paul Ricoeur and Slavoj Zizek, to Leo Tolstoy and ... Read more
In this critical examination of the role of the imagination in the modern and postmodern periods, Victor E. Taylor looks at the fable as a narrative form that addresses the ultimate questions of how to live and why. He assesses various literary theories and styles in the wake of postmodernism to reveal the ways in which fable-style narrative can be a meaningful genre for addressing traditional and post-traditional religious, ethical, and epistemological concerns. In the process, Taylor draws on key figures across the humanities - from Mircea Eliade and Claude Levi-Strauss, Paul Ricoeur and Slavoj Zizek, to Leo Tolstoy and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927619
SKU
V9780813927619
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About Victor E. Taylor
Victor E. Taylor is Associate Professor at York College of Pennsylvania. His previous works include Para/Inquiry: Postmodern Religion and Culture and The Encyclopedia of Postmodernism.
Reviews for Religion After Postmodernism
This is a brilliant and original book. I am impressed with the depth and seriousness of Taylor's work and the clarity by which he accomplishes it. Taylor has moved into the first rank of 'theological' readers of the literary text and the creative process. - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University, author of Multiculturalism and the Jews ""Taylor's Para-Inquiry was groundbreaking ... Read more