Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"

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Autor(a) principal: Murphy, Timothy M.
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Rever (São Paulo. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/37390
Resumo: The dominant approach to the study of religion known as the phenomenology of religion’s core assumption was that underlying the multiplicity of historical and geographically dispersed religions was an ultimately metaphysical, trans-historical substratum, called “man”, Geist, or “consciousness”. This transhistorical substratum is an expressive agent with a uniform, essential nature. By reading the data of religion as its “expressions”, it is possible to sympathetically understand their meaning. Geist, or “man”, then, is both a philosophy of history and a hermeneutical theory. It also forms a systematic set of representations, which replicate the structure of the asymmetrical relations between Europeans and those colonized by Europeans. The metanarrative of Geist is a narrative of the supremacy – their term, not mine – of white, Christian Europe over black, “primitive” Africa and “despotic” Asia. Spirit moves from the South to the North; away from the East to the West. This paper locates Rudolf Otto’s work within the structure and history of phenomenological discourse and argues that the science of religion as described there conforms nearly perfectly to the structures of colonial discourse as this has been discussed and analyzed by theorists such as Jacques Derrida and Edward Said.
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spelling Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"Ciência da religião como discurso colonialista: o caso de Rudolf OttoRudolf Otto. Colonialism. Study of religion. Phenomenology of religionRudolf Otto. Colonialismo. Ciência da religião. Fenomenologia da religiãoThe dominant approach to the study of religion known as the phenomenology of religion’s core assumption was that underlying the multiplicity of historical and geographically dispersed religions was an ultimately metaphysical, trans-historical substratum, called “man”, Geist, or “consciousness”. This transhistorical substratum is an expressive agent with a uniform, essential nature. By reading the data of religion as its “expressions”, it is possible to sympathetically understand their meaning. Geist, or “man”, then, is both a philosophy of history and a hermeneutical theory. It also forms a systematic set of representations, which replicate the structure of the asymmetrical relations between Europeans and those colonized by Europeans. The metanarrative of Geist is a narrative of the supremacy – their term, not mine – of white, Christian Europe over black, “primitive” Africa and “despotic” Asia. Spirit moves from the South to the North; away from the East to the West. This paper locates Rudolf Otto’s work within the structure and history of phenomenological discourse and argues that the science of religion as described there conforms nearly perfectly to the structures of colonial discourse as this has been discussed and analyzed by theorists such as Jacques Derrida and Edward Said.A abordagem dominante na ciência da religião conhecida como fenomenologia da religião possui um pressuposto central de que subjacente à multiplicidade de religiões historicamente e geograficamente dispersas há um substrato metafísico e trans-histórico chamado de “o homem”, Geist ou “consciência”. Esse substrato transcultural é um agente expressivo de natureza uniforme e essencial. Ao interpretar os dados da religião como “expressões” desse substrato, poderíamos entender de forma empática seu significado. Assim, Geist, ou “o homem”, é uma filosofia da história e uma teoria hermenêutica. Também forma um conjunto sistemático de representações que reproduz a estrutura das relações assimétricas entre os europeus e os colonizados pelos europeus. A metanarrativa de Geist é uma narrativa da supremacia – palavras deles, não minhas – da Europa branca cristã sobre a África negra “primitiva” e a Ásia “despótica”. O espírito se move do sul para o norte; afastando-se do oriente para o ocidente. Este artigo localiza o trabalho de Rudolf Otto dentro da estrutura e história do discurso fenomenológico, argumentando que a ciência da religião como ali descrita se adapta perfeitamente às estruturas do discurso colonial como já discutidas e analisadas por teóricos como Jacques Derrida e Edward Said.Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo2018-05-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/3739010.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i1a15REVER: Journal for the Study of Religion; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2018): Arte é Liturgia?; 329-349REVER: Revista de Estudos da Religião; v. 18 n. 1 (2018): Arte é Liturgia?; 329-3491677-1222reponame:Rever (São Paulo. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPporhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/37390/25459Copyright (c) 2018 REVER - Revista de Estudos da Religiãoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMurphy, Timothy M.2018-08-31T23:03:24Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/37390Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/PRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/rever/oairever@pucsp.br1677-12221677-1222opendoar:2018-08-31T23:03:24Rever (São Paulo. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
Ciência da religião como discurso colonialista: o caso de Rudolf Otto
title Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
spellingShingle Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
Murphy, Timothy M.
Rudolf Otto. Colonialism. Study of religion. Phenomenology of religion
Rudolf Otto. Colonialismo. Ciência da religião. Fenomenologia da religião
title_short Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
title_full Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
title_fullStr Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
title_full_unstemmed Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
title_sort Portuguese translation of Timothy Murphy's "Religionswissenschaft as colonialist discourse: the case of Rudolf Otto"
author Murphy, Timothy M.
author_facet Murphy, Timothy M.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Murphy, Timothy M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Rudolf Otto. Colonialism. Study of religion. Phenomenology of religion
Rudolf Otto. Colonialismo. Ciência da religião. Fenomenologia da religião
topic Rudolf Otto. Colonialism. Study of religion. Phenomenology of religion
Rudolf Otto. Colonialismo. Ciência da religião. Fenomenologia da religião
description The dominant approach to the study of religion known as the phenomenology of religion’s core assumption was that underlying the multiplicity of historical and geographically dispersed religions was an ultimately metaphysical, trans-historical substratum, called “man”, Geist, or “consciousness”. This transhistorical substratum is an expressive agent with a uniform, essential nature. By reading the data of religion as its “expressions”, it is possible to sympathetically understand their meaning. Geist, or “man”, then, is both a philosophy of history and a hermeneutical theory. It also forms a systematic set of representations, which replicate the structure of the asymmetrical relations between Europeans and those colonized by Europeans. The metanarrative of Geist is a narrative of the supremacy – their term, not mine – of white, Christian Europe over black, “primitive” Africa and “despotic” Asia. Spirit moves from the South to the North; away from the East to the West. This paper locates Rudolf Otto’s work within the structure and history of phenomenological discourse and argues that the science of religion as described there conforms nearly perfectly to the structures of colonial discourse as this has been discussed and analyzed by theorists such as Jacques Derrida and Edward Said.
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