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Vincent L. Wimbush
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Oxford University Press
Published
July 2017
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Vincent L. Wimbush
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Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
July 2017
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In this book Vincent Wimbush seeks to problematize what we call "scriptures," a word first used to refer simply to "things written," the registration of basic information. In the modern world the word came to be associated almost exclusively with the center- and power-defining "sacred" texts of "world religions." Wimbush argues that this narrowing of the valence of the term was a decisive development for western culture. His purpose is to reconsider the initially broad and politically charged use of the term: "scriptures" are excavated not merely as texts to be read but understood as discourse: as mimetic rituals and practices; as ideologically-charged orientations to and prescribed behaviors in the world; as structures of relationships and social formations; as forms of communication. Wimbush is naming and constructing a new transdisciplinary critical project, which uses the historical and modern experiences of the Black Atlantic as resources for framing, categorization, and analysis.
Using Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart as a touchstone, each chapter offers a close reading and analysis of a representative moment in the formation of the Black Atlantic, regarded as part of a history of modern human consciousness and conscientization. Such a history, he says, is reflected in the major turns in what he calls scripturalectics, part of the construction of the modern world, defined as efforts to manage or control knowledge and meaning.
Author
Vincent L. Wimbush
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
July 2017
Weight
618g
Page Count
208
Dimensions
15.5 x 23.7 x 2.6 cm
ISBN
9780190664701
ISBN-10
0190664703
Eden Code
4507013
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Author/Creator: Vincent L. Wimbush
ISBN: 9780190664701
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: July 2017
Weight: 618g
Dimensions: 15.5 x 23.7 x 2.6 cm
Eden Code: 4507013