Reflections on the limits of reflection: An invitation to the discursive study of religion

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 156-169

  Von Stuckrad, Kocku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

discourse; Michel Foucault; Pierre Bourdieu; post structuralism; pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957741513     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006810X512347     Document Type: Review

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