Outside Human Life: Liberation Theology as a Critique of Anthropological Integrals

In this article, I argue that ‘anthropological integrals' summarize, regulate and represent what counts as human in the respective cultural and social context. These anthropological integrals contain normative criteria for recognition and establish social mechanisms of in-/exclusion. In an anal...

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Main Author: Kern, Christian 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2019]
In: Louvain studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-357
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Human being / Identity / Social norm / Liberation theology
RelBib Classification:FD Contextual theology
NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
ZB Sociology
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Summary:In this article, I argue that ‘anthropological integrals' summarize, regulate and represent what counts as human in the respective cultural and social context. These anthropological integrals contain normative criteria for recognition and establish social mechanisms of in-/exclusion. In an analysis and critique of normative anthropological integrals, the article reconstructs three influent examples and discusses their ‘exclusivity' and identitary character, drawing from critical poststructural and postcolonial approaches. It proposes to practice liberation theology and systematic theology as a critique of such normative anthropological integrals, on the basis of an epistemological shift from an integral, unity-based way of thinking to differential thought.
ISSN:1783-161X
Contains:Enthalten in: Louvain studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/LS.42.3.3286898