Genealogy of Religion

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Entries Tagged as 'postmodernism'

The Sins of an Evolutionary Psychologist

April 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Emotions, Evolutionary Adaptation, Methodology

In a recent essay on the cult of David Foster Wallace, Nathan Heller notes that DFW’s mature work deals with the crisis of contemporary pluralism: “how to think intelligently and truthfully about the world when that world is full of intelligent and truthful people who adhere to irreconcilable schools of thought.” While Heller [...]

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Harlem Worship as Tourist Commodity

September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Economy, Globalization

Over at Slate, Jeremy Stahl has written a fabulous piece — Inside the Bizarre Tourist Trade at Harlem’s Sunday Church Services — that will greatly interest cultural anthropologists.  The article hits on several hot button concepts for culturals — tourism, commoditization, race, authenticity, tradition, identity, ritual, gazing, etc.  Sensing these issues, Stahl is reluctant:

Though I [...]

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Hipster Christianity & Imam Idol

August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Cultural Evolution, Globalization, Philosophy

In a competitive religious marketplace, producers are becoming increasingly savvy and perhaps even post-modern.  Although some old-timey producers bemoan this commercial development, others are embracing it.
Over at Rupert Murdoch’s transformative Wall Street Journal, the 20-something Brett McCracken churlishly warns his cohort about the “Perils of Hipster Christianity,” and discusses some of the uncool ways in [...]

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