The state, the gods and the imagination; or, David Graeber as a theorist of religion

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 RELIGION

STUDIES IN RELIGION-SCIENCES RELIGIEUSES Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI:10.1177/00084298231201980

William Arnal

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Abstract

This short article suggests that the writings of the recently deceased anthropologist David Graeber have a great deal to contribute to the study of religion. Drawing from a wide array of works by Graeber and his collaborators, the article sketches out his basic social theory, focusing on his insistence on the creative dimension of human social activity. It then focuses on the relevance of religion – specifically, the fabrication and modification of ‘metahuman persons’ – for the creation of new social forms. Finally, the implications of this theoretical framework are sketched out – that is, that the study of religion should focus on its creative and imaginative aspects.

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国家，神和想象;或者大卫·格雷伯是一位宗教理论家

这篇短文表明，最近去世的人类学家大卫·格雷伯的著作对宗教研究有很大的贡献。从格雷伯及其合作者的大量著作中，本文概述了他的基本社会理论，重点是他对人类社会活动的创造性维度的坚持。然后，它着重于宗教的相关性-特别是“超人类”的制造和修改-为创造新的社会形式。最后，概述了这一理论框架的含义，即宗教研究应侧重于其创造性和想象力方面。

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