The Fetish of Theology

The Challenge of the Fetish-Object to Modernity

By:

Colby Dickinson

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Hardback

Series:

Radical Theologies and Philosophies

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By delving into the history of the fetish-object among both modern and contemporary commentators, this book highlights the fetish-object’s role as a philosophical and religious concept of the highest significance. Historically, fetishes are implicated in specific struggles for sovereign (political) and/or religious (hierarchical) power, with their interwoven symbols defined as the primary location for transcendence in our world. This book defines the political consequences of fetish-objects within a western cultural, and primarily theological context through a comparative approach of various literatures on fetish-objects—anthropological to the psychological, Marxist to the theological. It reconceives of fetishes as a form of resistance to oppressive structures, something which motivated Christians themselves historically, and shaped our western understanding of the sacraments far more than has been acknowledged. Taking up this conversation likewise holds forth the possibility of reconceptualizing how fetish-objects and sacramental presences both speak profoundly to our late-modern selves.

Author Biography:

Colby Dickinson is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago.

Release date NZ

March 27th, 2020

Author

Colby Dickinson

Series

Radical Theologies and Philosophies

Pages

288

Edition

1st ed. 2020

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

XV, 288 p.

ISBN-13

9783030407742

Product ID

32939987

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