{"product_id":"the-fetish-of-theology-the-challenge-of-the-fetish-object-to-modernity-paperback","title":"The Fetish of Theology: The Challenge of the Fetish-Object to Modernity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColby Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ably traversing broad philosophical and theological territory--from Freud to Lukács, Agamben to Althaus-Reid--Colby Dickinson shows the centrality of the fetish and the unavoidability of fetishism to the fashioning of the human and the social. Dickinson's book provides a fresh perspective on questions of violence. Consider it required reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eKent L. Brintnall, \u003c\/b\u003e Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dickinson unmasks the 'fetish' of theology, and reveals the proximity of the fetish to the sacramental-object. He indicates the political tensions and fetishes inherent within theology's own claims to locate an infinite divinity within material reality. This opens new pathways for the thinking of political-theological horizons within western thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cb\u003eAnné Verhoef\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Philosophy, North West University, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColby Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786117382432,"sku":"9783030407773","price":160.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/60824f3e769fb1436b4b34587d1e4c21.webp?v=1780628013","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fetish-of-theology-the-challenge-of-the-fetish-object-to-modernity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}