RLG314H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sui Generis, Androcentrism, Feminist Theory
17 Jan 2018
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Rlg314 lecture 3: feminism & study of religion (the power of a. Rosalind shaw essay (purple/black: power as an analytic category isn"t included in religious analysis - might need to be completely resolved and reconstructed, awkward relationship of mutual mockery : referring to relations between anthropology + religion. Both trying to attain their certain level of ideal . Possesses the top-down view: objective is discussing unequal power relationship b/ w anthropologists and ones studying view from below: anthropology: comparative perspectives. Refers to allowing to distance themselves from their cultural backgrounds which are valued by feminists. Colonial origin: focuses on the study of third world coloured people, in particular masculine issues: religious studies: focusing on hermeneutic approach. Empathy + lived religious experiences: central to interpretation of lived religious experiences. Empathy + experience not automatically feminist: questioning the idea of subjectivity of whose experience are we referring to as there are di erent variables present > (age? social class? ethnicity/race?)
