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Acute Melancholia and Other Essays

Mysticism, History, and the Study of Religion [Paperback]

by Amy Hollywood

    • Author

      Amy Hollywood

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Columbia University Press

    • Published

      March 2016

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      Product Description

      This book showcases the best in modern medieval and religious scholarship, deploying spirited and progressive approaches to the study of Christian mysticism and the philosophy of religion. The volume explores excessive forms of desire and eroticism at play within Christian mystical texts and the historiographical, theological, and philosophical problems bound up in the interrogation of extraordinary experiences of the divine. The author examines how feminist and queer studies have changed the history of mysticism and how the study of religion in general has altered our understanding of what is true, what is real, and what it means to research a historical subject. Ideal for novices and experienced scholars alike, this volume models cutting-edge methods for the ethical study of divine embodiment and religious experience in the Middle Ages. It makes a forceful case for thinking about religion as both belief and practice, in which traditions marked by change are passed down through generations, laying the groundwork for their own critique.
      Through a provocative integration of medieval sources and texts by Derrida, Butler, Asad, and Chakrabarty this book redefines what it means to engage critically with history and those embedded within it.

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      • Author

        Amy Hollywood

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Columbia University Press

      • Published

        March 2016

      • Weight

        541g

      • Page Count

        432

      • Dimensions

        153 x 227 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780231156448

      • ISBN-10

        0231156448

      • Eden Code

        4367750

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      • Author/Creator: Amy Hollywood

      • ISBN: 9780231156448

      • Publisher: Columbia University Press

      • Release Date: March 2016

      • Weight: 541g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 4367750


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