Powers of Distinction - On Religion and ModernityPaperback
Powers of Distinction - On Religion and ModernityPaperback In this major new work, philosopher of religion Nancy Levene examines the elemental character of religion and modernity. These dualisms are…
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Powers of Distinction - On Religion and ModernityPaperback
In this major new work, philosopher of religion Nancy Levene examines the elemental character of religion and modernity. These dualisms are dead ends, but they conceal a richer position--another kind of dualism constitutive of mutual relation. Deep in their operating systems, she argues, are dualisms of opposition and identity that cannot be reconciled with the forms of life they ostensibly support.
It risks contention and even violence. This dualism is difficult to distinguish and its concept of relation difficult to commit to. But it is also the indispensable support for modernity's most innovative ideals: democracy, criticism, and interpretation.In readings from Abraham to the present, Levene recovers this richer dualism in its difference from the alternatives--other dualisms, nondualism, multiplication.
From Abraham we get the biblical call to give up tribal belonging for a