Foucault and Religion

by Carrette,Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9780415202602
• ISBN10: 0415202604
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-12-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Foucault and Religionseeks to unearth a new dimension of Foucault scholarship. Renowned Foucault scholar Jeremy Carrette reveals not simply how Foucault's work can be applied to religion but how a religious question at the heart of Foucault's own work offers a radical challenge to religious ideas. Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. This first major commentary on Foucault and religion opens up the diverse religious questions the philosopher raises in his work, and sheds new light on how Foucault challenges religious thinking and transforms religious understanding.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Abbreviations of main texts by Foucault	xvi
Introduction: Approaching Foucault's work on religion	1	(6)
Outline of Foucault's work and the question of religion	7	(18)
Silence and confession	25	(19)
Surrealism and the religious imagination	44	(19)
Male theology in the bedroom	63	(22)
Mystical archaeology	85	(24)
Body and belief	109	(20)
Towards a political spirituality	129	(13)
Conclusion: Religion after Foucault	142	(11)
Notes	153	(30)
Bibliography	183	(26)
Index	209