Walter Benjamin, Religion and Aesthetics: Rethinking Religion through the Arts

by S. Brent Plate

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Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics is an innovative and creative attempt to unsettle and reconceive the key concepts of religious studies through a reading with, and against, Walter Benjamin. Constructing what he calls an "allegorical aesthetics," Plate sifts through Benjamin's writings showing how his concepts of art, allegory, and experience undo traditionally stabilizing religious concepts such as myth, symbol, memory, narrative, creation,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415969921

ISBN13:9780415969925

Release Date:November 2004

Publisher:Routledge

Length:188 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Atheism Christian Books & Bibles Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Religion & Spirituality Spirituality Theology

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