Fault Lines of Modernity
The Fractures and Repairs of Religion, Ethics, and Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781501316661 | |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | September 20, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781501316661 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | September 20, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Language: | English |
This state of the art collection offers fresh perspectives on why intersections between literature, religion, and ethics can address the fault lines of modernity and are not necessarily the cause of modernity's 'faults.' From a diverse cohort of scholars from around the world, with appointments in comparative literature and other disciplines, the essays suggest that the imagined hegemony of a Judeo-Christian Western project is neither exclusively true nor productive. However, the essays also suggest that elements of the Western religious traditions are important vectors for understanding modernity's complicated relationship to the past.
This state of the art collection offers fresh perspectives on why intersections between literature, religion, and ethics can address the fault lines of modernity and are not necessarily the cause of modernity's 'faults.' From a diverse cohort of scholars from around the world, with appointments in comparative literature and other disciplines, the essays suggest that the imagined hegemony of a Judeo-Christian Western project is neither exclusively true nor productive. However, the essays also suggest that elements of the Western religious traditions are important vectors for understanding modernity's complicated relationship to the past.
