Powers of Distinction: On Religion and Modernity

by Nancy Levene

Book Overview

In this major new work, philosopher of religion Nancy Levene examines the elemental character of religion and modernity. Deep in their operating systems, she argues, are dualisms of opposition and identity that cannot be reconciled with the forms of life they ostensibly support. These dualisms are dead ends, but they conceal a richer position--another kind of dualism constitutive of mutual relation. This dualism is difficult to distinguish and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022650753X
• ISBN13: 9780226507538
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"