Religion and the Secular Cynthia Knable analogy and principle

analogy and principle

Written by John M

the impact of colonialism

suggest remedies for its recovery

This resurgence is due in no small part to the recent revival of metaphysics in contemporary philosophy and to the increased appreciation of Spinoza's

Religion and the Secular Cynthia Knable analogy and principleThe essays in this volume critically explore various aspects of the modern development of the religion secular dichotomy and its ideological function in the assertion of colonial power since the sixteenth century. The authors hope to illuminate the role and formation of the modern category of religion, and of the academic study of religion, as colonial instruments in the more general subjection of indigenous concepts of order to the classificatory