Theory in Distress? On Being ‘Critical’ with Everything

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" Theory in Distress? On Being ‘Critical’ with Everything "
Nickolas P. Roubekas

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077945
Doc. No	:	LA121574
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341438‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nickolas P. Roubekas
Title & Author	:	Theory in Distress? On Being ‘Critical’ with Everything [Article]\ Nickolas P. Roubekas
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/4-5
Page No	:	480–486
Abstract	:	‘Religion’ is often, if not always, deemed a rather problematic category by critical theorists, who urge scholars to be more attentive to the genealogy and history of the category. As part of the review symposium of Theory in a Time of Excess (2016), this review essay argues that ‘theory’ itself could be deemed problematic if we wish to be consistent in adopting such a critical stance, which can lead to several dead-ends when excluding other theoretical options and possibilities. ‘Religion’ is often, if not always, deemed a rather problematic category by critical theorists, who urge scholars to be more attentive to the genealogy and history of the category. As part of the review symposium of Theory in a Time of Excess (2016), this review essay argues that ‘theory’ itself could be deemed problematic if we wish to be consistent in adopting such a critical stance, which can lead to several dead-ends when excluding other theoretical options and possibilities.
Descriptor	:	‘theory’
Descriptor	:	Ancient Greece
Descriptor	:	belief
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	God(s)
Descriptor	:	postmodernism
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341438‬