Edward Said and the Religious Effects of Culture.

By: Hart, William DMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical ThoughtPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511151590Subject(s): Said, Edward WGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Edward Said and the Religious Effects of CultureDDC classification: 306.6092 LOC classification: BL51 .H336 2000Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Preliminary remarks -- EXODUS AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE -- RELIGIOUS-SECULAR HIEROGLYPHICS AND THE ROSETTA STONE -- HOW I USE THE WORDS RELIGION AND SECULARISM -- ITINERARY -- CHAPTER 1 Culture as the transfiguration of religious thought -- ARNOLD'S GOSPEL OF CULTURE -- A SAIDIAN CRITIQUE -- BEYOND ARNOLD, THROUGH ADORNO -- CHAPTER 2 The religious effects of culture: nationalism -- A FIRST GLANCE AT THE SUBJECT -- NATIONALISM AS A RELIGIOUS ARTIFACT -- NATIONALISM AS A CHRISTIAN ARTIFACT -- NATIONALIST SENSE AND RELIGIOUS NONSENSE -- CHAPTER 3 The religious effects of culture: Orientalism -- THE ORIENTALIST AS MISSIONARY AND PILGRIM -- SHADOWS OF GOD: ESSENTIALISM, HUMANISM, PHENOMENOLOGY -- THE ORIENTALIST CONSTRUCTION OF ISLAM -- CHAPTER 4 The religious effects of culture: imperialism -- THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IDEOLOGY -- SONS OF LIGHT AND SONS OF DARKNESS -- ENTHUSIASM AND THE PURITAN ERRAND -- CHAPTER 5 The responsibilities of the secular critic -- THE TRUTH-TELLING VOCATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL -- SPEAKING TRUTH TO FOUCAULT'S POWER -- A POLEMICAL ENGAGEMENT -- NIETZSCHE ON PROMISE-MAKING AND TRUTH -- CHAPTER 6 Marx, Said, and the Jewish question -- THE JEWISH QUESTION -- THE RETURN OF REPRESSED RELIGIOSITY -- REPRESSED RELIGIOSITY WITH A FRENCH TWIST -- Concluding remarks: religion, secularism, and pragmatic naturalism -- Appendix A: Whose exodus, which interpretation? -- Appendix B: an exchange of letters between Michael Walzer and Edward Said -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- PREFACE -- PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- 1 CULTURAL CRITICISM AS THE TRANSFIGURATION OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT -- 2 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: NATIONALISM -- 3 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: ORIENTALISM -- 4 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: IMPERIALISM.
5 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECULAR CRITIC -- 6 MARX, SAID, AND THE JEWISH QUESTION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS: RELIGION, SECULARISM, AND PRAGMATIC NATURALISM -- APPENDIX A: WHOSE EXODUS, WHICH INTERPRETATION? -- APPENDIX B: AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN MICHAEL WALZER AND EDWARD SAID -- Select bibliography -- Index of names.
Summary: This book provides a distinctive account of Edward Said's critique of modern culture.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Preliminary remarks -- EXODUS AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE -- RELIGIOUS-SECULAR HIEROGLYPHICS AND THE ROSETTA STONE -- HOW I USE THE WORDS RELIGION AND SECULARISM -- ITINERARY -- CHAPTER 1 Culture as the transfiguration of religious thought -- ARNOLD'S GOSPEL OF CULTURE -- A SAIDIAN CRITIQUE -- BEYOND ARNOLD, THROUGH ADORNO -- CHAPTER 2 The religious effects of culture: nationalism -- A FIRST GLANCE AT THE SUBJECT -- NATIONALISM AS A RELIGIOUS ARTIFACT -- NATIONALISM AS A CHRISTIAN ARTIFACT -- NATIONALIST SENSE AND RELIGIOUS NONSENSE -- CHAPTER 3 The religious effects of culture: Orientalism -- THE ORIENTALIST AS MISSIONARY AND PILGRIM -- SHADOWS OF GOD: ESSENTIALISM, HUMANISM, PHENOMENOLOGY -- THE ORIENTALIST CONSTRUCTION OF ISLAM -- CHAPTER 4 The religious effects of culture: imperialism -- THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IDEOLOGY -- SONS OF LIGHT AND SONS OF DARKNESS -- ENTHUSIASM AND THE PURITAN ERRAND -- CHAPTER 5 The responsibilities of the secular critic -- THE TRUTH-TELLING VOCATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL -- SPEAKING TRUTH TO FOUCAULT'S POWER -- A POLEMICAL ENGAGEMENT -- NIETZSCHE ON PROMISE-MAKING AND TRUTH -- CHAPTER 6 Marx, Said, and the Jewish question -- THE JEWISH QUESTION -- THE RETURN OF REPRESSED RELIGIOSITY -- REPRESSED RELIGIOSITY WITH A FRENCH TWIST -- Concluding remarks: religion, secularism, and pragmatic naturalism -- Appendix A: Whose exodus, which interpretation? -- Appendix B: an exchange of letters between Michael Walzer and Edward Said -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- PREFACE -- PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- 1 CULTURAL CRITICISM AS THE TRANSFIGURATION OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT -- 2 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: NATIONALISM -- 3 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: ORIENTALISM -- 4 THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE: IMPERIALISM.

5 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECULAR CRITIC -- 6 MARX, SAID, AND THE JEWISH QUESTION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS: RELIGION, SECULARISM, AND PRAGMATIC NATURALISM -- APPENDIX A: WHOSE EXODUS, WHICH INTERPRETATION? -- APPENDIX B: AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN MICHAEL WALZER AND EDWARD SAID -- Select bibliography -- Index of names.

This book provides a distinctive account of Edward Said's critique of modern culture.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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