Religions Are Remixes: Rethinking Originality, Authenticity, and Authority in the Study of Religion
This book utilizes an approach that centers on remix theory and conceptual metaphor theory, arguing for an examination of the study of religion via a model for analyzing cultural constructs that the author terms Remix+/-. After discerning the metaphorical correspondences underlying his argument, the author claims that the shift in conceptual and terminological framing remix provides can assist in understanding religious phenomena and developments differently, paying close attention to the sort
Religions Are Remixes: Rethinking Originality, Authenticity, and Authority in the Study of Religion
This book utilizes an approach that centers on remix theory and conceptual metaphor theory, arguing for an examination of the study of religion via a model for analyzing cultural constructs that the author terms Remix+/-. After discerning the metaphorical correspondences underlying his argument, the author claims that the shift in conceptual and terminological framing remix provides can assist in understanding religious phenomena and developments differently, paying close attention to the sort
My new book (Religions Are Remixes) is now available for preorder! Check it out on the Routledge website and receive a 20% discount:
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#remix #remixtheory #remixstudies #religion #religiousstudies #buddhismReligions Are Remixes: Rethinking Originality, Authenticity, and Authority in the Study of Religion
This book utilizes an approach that centers on remix theory and conceptual metaphor theory, arguing for an examination of the study of religion via a model for analyzing cultural constructs that the author terms Remix+/-. After discerning the metaphorical correspondences underlying his argument, the author claims that the shift in conceptual and terminological framing remix provides can assist in understanding religious phenomena and developments differently, paying close attention to the sort
When production and output is understood as being dependent upon all else in causal-effective chains of interrelation and combinatorality, remix theory starts to sound quite a bit like…Buddhist philosophy.
New blog post: https://sethmwalker.com/blog/2022/09/21/remix-theory-and-buddhist-philosophy-a-primer/ #buddhism #buddhistphilosophy #remix #remixtheory #interdependence #impermanence
Remix Theory and Buddhist Philosophy: A Primer – Seth M. Walker
I'm very excited to announce that my article on remix theory and Osamu Tezuka's Buddha series was published today in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion: "Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha, Canonical Authority, and Remix Theory in the Study of Religion."
https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfac031 #remix #remixtheory #remixstudies #religion #canonicity #Buddhism #Tezuka #AAR #JAAROsamu Tezuka’s Buddha, Canonical Authority, and Remix Theory in the Study of Religion
Abstract. Contemporary narrative repositories of religious traditions are often the ambiguous product of dialogic oral transmissions that occurred over many yea
Seth M. Walker
