Poza wiarą. Religia jako „dynamit ludu”
Beyond Belief: Religion as the ‘Dynamite of the People’
Author(s): Bruno LatourContributor(s): Adam Ostolski (Translator)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: secularization; history of literary studies, religious/secular; anthropology of religion; identity of the discipline; literary theory
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the narrative of secularization dominant in the history of literarystudies, according to which the discipline shifted from a religious to a secular character.Latour draws on contemporary anthropological and religious studies that complicatethe concept of “the religious” and “the secular,” revealing their mutability and mutualconditioning. From this perspective, Latour demonstrates how attempts to distinguishthem shaped the discipline’s identity and historiographical framework. Finally, the articlediscusses recent literary studies that depart from the linear narrative of secularization andrevisit questions about the relationship between the religious and the secular.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 270-286
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
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