National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDexter, Phillipen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T18:09:10Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T18:09:10Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 214-223.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a multi-disciplinary inquiry into the nature and functioning of national identity. By interpreting a single text, The Critique of Political Reason, by the French philosopher and activist Regis Debray, a range of new analytical concepts are located and some standard concepts are recast in new terms. The religious nature of social identities, that is, the role of the sacred in society, is identified and explained. Some mainstream theories of ideology, religion, and nationalism are explored in an attempt to determine whether these tools of analysis are practicable and how these theoretical resources might be reworked in the light of Debray's analysis. As Debray shows, the national question is not a problem to be solved but a persisting dilemma to be engaged at the levels of both theory and practice.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDexter, P. (1997). <i>National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13906en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDexter, Phillip. <i>"National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13906en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDexter, P. 1997. National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dexter, Phillip AB - This thesis is a multi-disciplinary inquiry into the nature and functioning of national identity. By interpreting a single text, The Critique of Political Reason, by the French philosopher and activist Regis Debray, a range of new analytical concepts are located and some standard concepts are recast in new terms. The religious nature of social identities, that is, the role of the sacred in society, is identified and explained. Some mainstream theories of ideology, religion, and nationalism are explored in an attempt to determine whether these tools of analysis are practicable and how these theoretical resources might be reworked in the light of Debray's analysis. As Debray shows, the national question is not a problem to be solved but a persisting dilemma to be engaged at the levels of both theory and practice. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason TI - National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13906 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13906
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDexter P. National and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reason. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13906en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleNational and religious identities : an interpretation of Regis Debray's Critique of political reasonen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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