Breaking Monotheism

Yehud and the Material Formation of Monotheistic Identity

Jeremiah W. Cataldo

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780567402172
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567378408
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

This work offers a social-scientific analysis of Yehud and uses that analysis to construct a model through which to analyze later monotheistic religious developments.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1. WHAT IS MEANT BY MONOTHEISM?
• 1. Defining Monotheism
• 2. Identifying Monotheism
• 3. The Problem of an Axial-age Shift
• 4. A Word on “Member” as a Subcategory of Monotheistic Identity
• 5. Why Employing the Theories of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari Is Helpful
• Chapter 2. HOW MONOTHEISM CREATES A NEW NORMATIVE ORDER IN SUPPORT OF ITS OWN AUTHORITY
• 1. Interrupting Authority: The Material Construction of Monotheistic Identity
• 2. The Legitimation of Authority Requires an Apparatus of Punishment
• Chapter 3. SOCIALIZATION AND CONFLICT AS FORCES PRODUCTIVE OF IDENTITY
• 1. Resistance and Separation as Processes in the Formation
• 2. The Nature of Desire Production as Mode of Production for the Monotheistic Body
• Chapter 4. DIVINE LAW AS A DOMINANT DISCOURSE OF THE MONOTHEISTIC SELF
• 1. Understanding the Function and Force of Law as Discourse: Some Preliminary Remarks on the General Concept
• 2. So Then, What Is at Stake if a Religious Law Governs a Social-Political Body? A Theocracy?
• 3. The Exclusionary Nature of Monotheistic Law
• Chapter 5. CLARIFYING LAND AS THE ARENA FOR RESTORATION
• 1. Defining Land as the Space for Restoration
• 2. Understanding Production and Perception of the Land in the Process of Restoration
• 3. Brief Remarks on Debt and the Distribution of Land
• Chapter 6. THE NECESSITY OF AN “OTHER” FOR MONOTHEISTIC IDENTITY
• 1. Understanding the Role of Differentiation within the Monotheistic Identity
• 2. Strategies of (Social) Identity Formation as Relevant for Monotheistic Identity
• 3. Discourses of Resistance on Land and Authority
• Chapter 7. THE MONOTHEISTIC BODY WITHIN VIEW: UNDERSTANDING THE PARAMETERS OF THE MODEL
• 1. Authority, Law, and an Apparatus of Control
• 2. Deviance as a Threat to Monotheistic Identity
• 3. Discourses of Resistance
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors