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Between Life and Thought: Existential Anthropology and the Study of Religion
Between Life and Thought: Existential Anthropology and the Study of Religion
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Existential anthropology is an approach to understanding the human condition inspired by existential and phenomenological thought, focusing on embodied experience and the stakes of everyday life. It has received little systematic attention in anthropology and religious studies, but Between Life and Thought brings together leading anthropologists and religion scholars to explore the possibilities and limitations of this approach. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to phenomenology and existentialism in anthropology and religious studies and concludes with an analysis of how existential anthropology can address constructivism and perennialism in religious studies. It presents existential anthropology as a generative paradigm for rethinking and remaking both anthropology and the academic study of religion.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 278 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2024
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Existential anthropology is an approach to understanding the human condition that draws inspiration from existential and phenomenological thought. Its ethnographic methodology emphasizes the embodied experience of individuals and their struggles, uncertainties, and contingencies in everyday life. While there has been extensive anthropological research on religion, there has been limited attention to the potential benefits of a shared existential perspective between anthropology and religious studies. "Between Life and Thought" brings together leading anthropologists and religion scholars to address this gap. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction to phenomenology and existentialism in anthropology and religious studies and concludes with an analysis of how existential anthropology can address the long-standing problem of constructivism and perennialism in religious studies. The chapters collectively present existential anthropology as a promising paradigm for rethinking and reshaping both anthropology and the academic study of religion. "Between Life and Thought" is a timely and significant intervention across multiple areas of research, offering valuable insights into the possibilities and challenges of an anthropological approach to religion grounded in experiential ethnography and existential thought.
Weight: 400g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487554750
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