Foucault and Religion is the first major study of Michel Foucault in relation and response to Religion. Jeremy Carrette offers us a challenging new look at Foucault's work and addresses a religious dimension that has previously been neglected. We see that prior to Foucault's infamous unpublished volume in the 'History of Sexuality', on the theme of Christianity, there is a complex religious sub-text which anticipates this final unseen work.
Jeremy Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. He shows us that Foucault's creation of a body theology through the death of God, reveals how religious beliefs reflect the sexual body, questions the notion of a mystical archaeology and exposes the political technology of confession.
Anyone interested in understanding Foucault's thought in a new light will find this book a truly fascinating read.
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Teologia e religioneSubtopic
ReligioneTable of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations of main texts by Foucault
- Introduction: Approaching Foucault’s work on religion
- 1. Outline of Foucault’s work and the question of religion
- 2. Silence and confession
- 3. Surrealism and the religious imagination
- 4. Male theology in the bedroom
- 5. Mystical archaeology
- 6. Body and belief
- 7. Towards a political spirituality
- 8. Conclusion: Religion after Foucault
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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