Benson Saler: Conceptualizing Religion

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Beschreibung

How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of "more or less" rather than a matter of "yes or no," and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.

Über den Autor

Benson Saler is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University and a former Interim Vice PResident of the Anthropology of Religion Section of the American Anthropological Association. He has carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States. His current research is largely dircted to certain aspects of "popular culture" in the United States.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Abjuring a Definition and Other Matters
Chapter 2. Holding a Definition in Abeyance and a Case for a Definition
Chapter 3. Monothetic Definitions
Chapter 4. More on Monothetic Definitions
Chapter 5. Multi-factorial Approaches: Family Resemblance and Polythesis
Chapter 6. A Prototype Approach
Chapter 7. Ethnocentrism and Distanciation

References Cited

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Genre:	Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781571812193
ISBN-10:	1571812199
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Saler, Benson
Hersteller:	Berghahn Books
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Benson Saler
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.12.1999
Gewicht:	0,455 kg