The Relational Dynamics of Enchantment and Sacralization: Changing the Terms of the Religion Versus Secularity Debate

by Terhi Utriainen, Mans Broo, Peik Ingman, et al.

Book Overview

This volume revisits the concepts of enchantment and sacralization in light of perspectives which challenge the modern notion that man (alone) is the measure of all things. As Bruno Latour has argued, the battle against superstition entailed shifting power away from God/the gods to humans, thereby disqualifying the agency of all the other objects in the world. Might enchantment and sacralization be understood in other ways than through this battle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781794758
• ISBN13: 9781781794753
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"