Transcultural Imaginations of the Sacred
Transcultural Imaginations of the Sacred
Buch
- Herausgeber: Margit Kern, Klaus Krüger
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- Fink (Wilhelm), 05/2015
- Einband: Flexibler Einband, ENGLBR
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9783770556304
- Umfang: 320 Seiten
- Sonstiges: 120 s/w Abb
- Copyright-Jahr: 2015
- Gewicht: 640 g
- Maße: 236 x 156 mm
- Stärke: 17 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 13.5.2019
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Beschreibung
At least initially, we impute clear constructions of identity to religious symbols and assume that they distinguish self and other from one another explicitly. But perceptions of alterity too play a vital role in sacral forms of representation.This volume, therefore, is devoted first to the question: What is the function of the characteristic traits of alterity in the sacral context? Utilized in semantics of the extraordinary, of the exceptional, which characterizes the sacral, were markers of foreignness; perceptions of difference were capable of endowing with expression the remoteness of the sacral from the profane world of experience. Secondly, the book raises the question: How are various concepts of the sacred synthesized in translation situations, for instance in the context of missionary activity? How did an artifact arrive at sacral potency in various cultures, and under which conditions did semantic displacement occur?
Klappentext
Although we tend to suggest that clear constructions of identity are granted to religious symbols under the assumption that they distinguish between self and other explicitly, perceptions of alterity in fact play a vital role in sacral forms of representation. Markers of foreignness are used in a semantics of the exceptional that characterizes the sacral. Perceptions of difference are thus capable of making visible the remoteness of sacral forms from the profane world of experience. This book, therefore, asks: What role do traits of alterity play in the sacral context? How are various concepts of the sacred synthesized in situations of transcultural translation, for instance in the context of missionary activity? How did an artifact arrive at sacral potency in various cultures, and under what conditions did semantic shifts occur?Anmerkungen:
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