The modern fear of matter: reflections on the protestantism of Victorian science
Materiality is a quality of relationship rather than a thing in itself (Ding an sich). These relations vary. An inquiry into late Victorian attitudes towards materialism shows that modern science inherited a certain fear of matter from Protestantism, which identifies a number of these relationships...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Taylor & Francis
[2008]
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Material religion
Jahr: 2008, Band: 4, Heft: 3, Seiten: 264-283 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Materiality
B Victorian science B Religion B Materialism B Prophecy |
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Zusammenfassung: | Materiality is a quality of relationship rather than a thing in itself (Ding an sich). These relations vary. An inquiry into late Victorian attitudes towards materialism shows that modern science inherited a certain fear of matter from Protestantism, which identifies a number of these relationships as being at least latently religious. It allows us to specify how culturally and historically particular our understanding of matter, materiality and materialism are. |
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ISSN: | 1751-8342 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Material religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2752/175183408X376656 |