Critical theory and the ontology of "religion": A response to Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, bu...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2017]
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Critical research on religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 5, Heft: 3, Seiten: 302-307 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Haslanger, Sally 1955-
/ Kritische Theorie
/ Religion
/ Konstrukt
/ Religionswissenschaft
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
promiscuous realism
B Ontology B Kevin Schilbrack B concept of "religion" B Social Construction B Sally Haslanger |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, but it goes further by treating "religion" as what Haslanger calls a strongly pragmatic social construction, that is, a category that is solely the product of the use of the concept and which does not capture any feature in the world. In this response, I clarify that this argument can be made in a way that is stronger and closer to that of Haslanger if one adopts the position she calls "promiscuous realism." |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Bezug: | Kritik von "Social construction and social critique (2017)"
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| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732137 |