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Philosophie und Literatur im post-sakularen Zeitalter - religiose Gewalt im zeitgenossischen Roman

Holznienkemper, Alex
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388494870

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Germanic Languages and Literatures.
Section One of the dissertation explicates the post-secular philosophical discourse between Jurgen Habermas and Charles Taylor, while Section Two analyzes contemporary German and American novels in which religious fundamentalism figures prominently. The genesis of Habermas’ reflections on religion is shown within his overall philosophy, and is then compared and contrasted with Taylor’s viewpoints. Their respective concepts of “translation” and “articulation” are extrapolated in an effort to highlight deficiencies in widely-held notions of the secular. The literary analysis of Fatah, Peters and Updike examines the way in which the authors aesthetically depict the dynamics of a religious-secular divide, thereby enhancing critical reflection on understandings of religion, secularism and their presumed or apparent dichotomy. Both the philosophical and literary discourses are guided by the fundamental question of how normativity arises-both within the individual subject and in social collectives.
Bernd Fischer (Advisor)
May Mergenthaler (Committee Member)
Robert Holub (Committee Member)
306 p.
American Literature; Germanic Literature; Literature; Philosophy
Juergen Habermas; Charles Taylor; Sherko Fatah; John Updike; Christoph Peters; post-secular; public sphere; normativity; terrorism; religious fundamentalism; communicative action; strategic action; public discourse

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  • Holznienkemper, A. (2014). Philosophie und Literatur im post-sakularen Zeitalter - religiose Gewalt im zeitgenossischen Roman [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388494870

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Holznienkemper, Alex. Philosophie und Literatur im post-sakularen Zeitalter - religiose Gewalt im zeitgenossischen Roman. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388494870.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Holznienkemper, Alex. "Philosophie und Literatur im post-sakularen Zeitalter - religiose Gewalt im zeitgenossischen Roman." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388494870

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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