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Jackson, Michael, (1940-)

The work of art rethinking the elementary forms of religious life /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The work of art Michael Jackson
Reminder of title:	rethinking the elementary forms of religious life /
Author:	Jackson, Michael,
Description:	1 online resource
Subject:	Art and religion
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0002284.html
ISBN:	9780231541992$q(electronic bk.)

The work of art rethinking the elementary forms of religious life /
Jackson, Michael,1940-

The work of art rethinking the elementary forms of religious life /[electronic resource] :Michael Jackson - 1 online resource - Insurrections: critical studies in religion, politics, and culture. - Insurrections: critical studies in religion, politics, and culture.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Frontmatter --

How are we to think of works of art' Rather than treat art as an expression of individual genius, market forces, or aesthetic principles, Michael Jackson focuses on how art effects transformations in our lives. Art opens up transitional, ritual, or utopian spaces that enable us to reconcile inward imperatives and outward constraints, thereby making our lives more manageable and meaningful. Art allows us to strike a balance between being actors and being acted upon. Drawing on his ethnographic fieldwork in Aboriginal Australia and West Africa, as well as insights from psychoanalysis, religious studies, literature, and the philosophy of art, Jackson uses an extraordinary range of references'from Bruegel to Beuys,

In English

ISBN: 9780231541992$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

817640
Art and religion
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

298895
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: N72.R4 / J33 2016eb

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.67

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