The Invention of Religion: Reason, Identity, and the Colonialist Imagination
Author:   Craig A. Phillips
Publisher:   St Martin's Press
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9780312175412


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Format:   Hardback
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The Invention of Religion: Reason, Identity, and the Colonialist Imagination


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This volume is an unprecedented work in that it examines the complicity of colonialist discourses with the discourses of religion. It investigates the ways in which the construction of 'religion' by the British functioned within a variety of colonialist discourses, and how it might continue to function as a colonialist discourse now.

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Author:   Craig A. Phillips
Publisher:   St Martin's Press
Imprint:   St Martin's Press
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780312175412


ISBN 10:   0312175418
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Introduction Ordering the Space of Others: European Colonization and the Origins of the Study of 'Religion' The Discourse of Religion Nineteenth-Century Searches for the 'Origin of Religion' A Genealogy of Religion Through and Beyond the English Enlightenment 17th and 18th Century Conflicts: Protestants and Roman Catholics Pre-Colonial English Contact in India - Changes in Understanding: English Rule Over India The Discourses of 'Fetishism' and 'Totemism' Colonialist Discourses: Frazer and Tylor The 'Fetish' Discourse The British Perception of the 'Totem' The Religions of 'Primitive' Peoples: The Limits Imposed on Religion Conclusion Works Cited Index

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CRAIG A. PHILLIPS is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Temple University.

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