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Learning to love the wor(l)d radically with Black Feminist Lyricism:

Löwe, Sophia Learning to love the wor(l)d radically with Black Feminist Lyricism:. Research master thesis, Master Research Master Theologie en Religiewetenschappen.

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Abstract

The primary purpose of this thesis is to contemplate method and theory in the academic study of religion in terms of its hegemonic discursive wor(l)dmaking strategies, alongside the question: (How) Can Black feminist (radical) love operate as a discursive strategy (or ontoepistemological intra-section) to narrate self<>other in the study of religion? The individual chapters are thought of as individual strains, together forming a constellation of colors. Inspired by the radical love shimmering through Black feminist lyrical expressions, the thesis aims to learn from and with these texts and lyricists in order to flesh out the discursive whiteness inherent to contemporary knowledge- and discourse-making in the academic study of religion. (1) My fascination with radical love, as a non-reductive onto-epistemological approach, forms the foundation of the work. (2) On the basis of Miller and Driscoll’s Method as Identity (2019), I contemplate the role of the critical neutral (white) scholar (self) of religion as observer of the less neutral(/black) Other, alongside notions of personhood that make such clear distinction and distance-making possible. (3) This chapter both question the binarization between self and Other, and explore possibilities of narrating multiplicities and wholeness from an intraactive/ relational/co-constitutional perspective of personhood. (4) Drawing inspiration from Lorde’s Poetry is Not a Luxury (1985), I weave words into worlds, following the pattern of radical love offered by Black feminist lyricists. With the intention to show a discursive entanglement of narrating intra-active wor(l)dmaking and navigating non-white discursive cultures (of scholarship), the thesis can be read as a creative contemplation that plays with discursive techniques and notions of contructing self<>other in the study of religion. It can be read as an attempt to entangle (past) criticism with the (present) quality of showing up fully human for (future) transformation of shared wor(l)ds.

Type: Thesis (Research master)
Supervisors (RUG):
SupervisorE-mailTutor organizationTutor email
Stuckrad, C.K.M. vonFaculteit GGW, Vergelijkende ReligiewetenschapC.K.M.von.Stuckrad@rug.nl
Supervisors from outside the RUG:
Tutor outsideE-mailTutor outside organizationTutor outside email
Miller, Monica R.Lehigh Universitymrm213@lehigh.edu
Degree programme: Master Research Master Theologie en Religiewetenschappen
Academic year: 2020-2021
Date of delivery: 16 Sep 2022 10:00
Last modified: 16 Sep 2022 10:00
URI: https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/661
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