Unsettling Science and Religion: Contributions and Questions from Queer Studies

Stenmark, Lisa (Editor)/ Bauman, Whitney (Editor)/ Morton, Timothy (Afterword)/ Bauman, Whitney (Contributor)/ Watts Belser, Julia (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1498556418 / ISBN 13: 9781498556415

Published by Lexington Books, 2018

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280 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unsettling Science and Religion: Contributions and Questions from Queer Studies
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498556418
• ISBN 13: 9781498556415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.63 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book borrows from the intellectual labor of queer theory in order to unsettle―or “queer”―the discourses of “religion” and “science,” and, by extension, the “science and religion discourse.” Drawing intellectual and social cues from works by influential theorists such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Eve Sedgwick, chapters in this volume converge on at least three common features of queer theory. First, queer theory challenges givens that on occasion still undergird religiously and scientifically informed ways of thinking. Second, it takes embodiment seriously. Third, this engagement inevitably generates new pathways for thinking about how religious and scientific “truths” matter. These three features ultimately lend support to critical investigations into the meanings of “science” and “religion,” and the relationships between the two.

About the Author

Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University, USA. They are the author of 16 books, including Being Ecological (2018) and Humankind: Solidarity with Nonhuman People (2017), and 200 essays on philosophy, ecology, literature, music, art, architecture, design and food. www.ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com @the_eco_thought