Religion and the Domestication of Dissent

Or, How to Live in a Less Than Perfect Nation

By:

Russell T McCutcheon

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Religion in Culture

Show Hide Adult Content

$78.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 2-3 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 5-17 June using International Courier

Description

In their efforts to apportion blame and channel retaliatory action in the post September 11 world, scholars and pundits alike have used a series of rhetorical techniques to great effect, manufacturing an image of Islam, the proverbial Other, that is highly conducive to the needs of liberal democracies but hardly a reflection of any one of the many 'authentic' Islams. This has largely been achieved by ignoring the many differences within the Islamic movement and asserting that social identities are based on a stable, uniform kernel that moves unchanged throughout history and across the globe. This inevitably results in caricatures that have many uses; in portraits of dissenting groups it tends towards demonization. In this wide-ranging essay--which considers a variety of discursive sites, from contemporary film and art to the War on Terror--a scholar of religion asks the reader to consider how the classifications we use to name and thereby negotiate our social worlds--foremost among them the classification "religion" itself--are implicitly political and are being wielded in the public arena to carry out generally undisclosed/under analyzed social work.

Author Biography:

Russell T. McCutcheon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He is the author of The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric (2003), Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (2001), and Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Notalgia (1997). Along with Willi Braun he edited the Guide to the Study of Religion (2000) and is the editor of The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion (1999).

Release date Australia

January 1st, 2005

Author

Russell T McCutcheon

Series

Religion in Culture

Pages

138

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Dimensions

138x216x8

ISBN-13

9781845530013

Product ID

6081434

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here