Taxonomy Construction and the Normative Turn in Religious Studies
Jonathan Z. Smith contends that a taxonomic agenda underlies the study of religion. Before Smith, structuralist scholars saw it as their task to uncover the roots of human taxonomic arrangements that present themselves as natural. Drawing somewhat anachronistically on Smith’s taxonomic model, I argu...
Main Author: | Travis Warren Cooper |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-12-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/12/270 |
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