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| Autore | Figueiras Doroty |
| Titolo | The "Problem" of Religion and the Need for an Ethical Component in Reading the Other |
| Rivista | Humanistica e teologia |
| Annata | 38 |
| Fasc. | 2 |
| Anno | 2017 |
| Pagine | 187-203 |
| Campo Tematico | Interreligiositą |
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| Abstract | This essay begins by questioning why, among the various interdisciplinary studies of literature, religion and literature never became a popular topic of study in the IS. It looks at this issue from a theoretical perspective, examining the role of New Criticism and other self-contained close reading methods that followed it. It also places the lack of interest in religion and literature within the context of the rise of secularism in US society and academia.Historically, US universities have disdained religious studies as a viable subject of inquiry and have exhibited a marked anti-Catholic prejudice One must recognize the degree to which American culture is shaped by Puritan and evangelical values making it difficult to grasp any vision that runs counter to an American /(read: Protestant) sensibility that values individual revolt and damnation rather than focus (as does Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism) on moral duty and life envisioned as an obligation. This concept of theodicy is central to our understanding of how we engage the Other, the study of which currently dominates recent critical trends in identity studies, multiculturalism, post-colonialism and the academic discourse on globalization. The second half of essay examines how the other has been historically configured in philosophy from the classical period through the German Romantics, existentialists and up to the present. The a. focuses on the Other as understood in the works of Paul Ricoeur, Michel de Certeau, and Emmanuel Levinas as possible models for further ethical discussions on the Other. |
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