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Latour, Prepositions and the Instauration of Secularism.

Strhan, Anna (2012) Latour, Prepositions and the Instauration of Secularism. Political Theology, 13 (2). pp. 200-216. ISSN 1462-317X. E-ISSN 1743-1719. (doi:10.1558/poth.v13i2.200) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:42624)

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Abstract

Bruno Latour’s understanding of different modes of existence as given through prepositions offers a new approach to researching “secularism,” taking forward attention paid in recent scholarship to its historically contingent formation by bringing into clearer focus the dynamics of its relational and material mediations. Examining the contemporary instauration of secularism in conservative evangelical experience, I show how this approach offers a new orientation to studying secularism that allows attention to both its history and its material effects on practice. This shows how Latour’s speculative realism extends and provides a bridge between both discursive analysis of religion and secularism and the recent turn towards materiality in empirical study of religion.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1558/poth.v13i2.200
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
P Language and Literature
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Neshen Isaeva
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2014 21:38 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42624 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Strhan, Anna.

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