Lessons in Secular Criticism

by Stathis Gourgouris

Book Overview

Secular criticism is a term invented by Edward Said to denote not a theory but a practice that counters the tendency of much modern thinking to reach for a transcendentalist comfort zone, the very space philosophy wrested away from religion in the name of modernity. Using this notion as a compass, this book reconfigures recent secularism debates on an entirely different basis, by showing (1) how the secular imagination is closely linked to society's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823253791
• ISBN13: 9780823253791
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"