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portada re-forming the body: religion, community and modernity
Type
Physical Book
Year
1997
Language
Inglés
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm
Weight
0.52 kg.
ISBN
0803977220
ISBN13
9780803977228
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re-forming the body: religion, community and modernity

Chris Shilling (Author) · Philip A. Mellor (Author) · Sage Publications Ltd · Hardcover

re-forming the body: religion, community and modernity - Mellor, Philip A. ; Shilling, Chris

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Synopsis "re-forming the body: religion, community and modernity"

Through an analysis of successive re-formations of the body, this innovative and penetrating book constructs a fascinating and wide-ranging account of how the creation and evolution of different patterns of human community are intimately related to the somatic experience of the sacred. The book places the relationship between the embodiment and the sacred at the crux of social theory, and casts a fresh light on the emergence and transformation of modernity. It critically examines the thesis that the rational projects of modern embodiment have died and gone to cyberspace′, and suggests that we are witnessing the rise of a virulent, effervescent form of the sacred which is changing how people see′ and keep in touch′ with t

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