Kevin Whitesides
Biographic Data
| ID | 1637249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Whitesides |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitesides |
| SIGNATURE | WHITESIDES K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3944-8673 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religion
Emic concepts and etic paths
This article introduces a thematic issue consisting of six case studies of emic concepts that have potential value for serving as etic concepts in the study of religion/s. It briefly reviews theoretical issues relevant to the emic/etic distinction, underlining its relative and pragmatic nature. It ends with a brief overview of the seven contributions to this thematic issue
The Highest Common Factor
This article differentiates two universalist rhetorical strategies in common use among producers of alternative archaeological narratives: hyperdiffusionism and perennialism. Both strategies seek to account for perceived similarities in archaeological monuments worldwide by tracing them to a single ur-source. However, each takes a distinct epistemic position with respect to the identity of that source. Hyperdiffusionism and perennialism represent…
Millennialism Becomes Conspiracist Teleology
Due to shared conceptions of the degeneracy of the modern era and a common distrust of mainstream narratives, New Age and conspiratorial milieus have often cross-fertilized. Conspiracy narratives can provide accounts of the types of corruption to be remedied by the advent of the next world age, and prophetic narratives of a new age can provide a teleological focus for the eventual success or defeat of the conspiracy. New Age interest in the mille…
Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
Book Review| November 01 2014 Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Edited by Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman. Brill, 2012. xxix + 789 pages. $300.00 cloth. Kevin A. Whitesides Kevin A. Whitesides University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 18 (2): 97–99. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.18.2.97 …
Emic concepts and etic paths
This article introduces a thematic issue consisting of six case studies of emic concepts that have potential value for serving as etic concepts in the study of religion/s. It briefly reviews theoretical issues relevant to the emic/etic distinction, underlining its relative and pragmatic nature. It ends with a brief overview of the seven contributions to this thematic issue
Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
Book Review| November 01 2014 Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Edited by Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman. Brill, 2012. xxix + 789 pages. $300.00 cloth. Kevin A. Whitesides Kevin A. Whitesides University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 18 (2): 97–99. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.18.2.97 …
Millennialism Becomes Conspiracist Teleology
Due to shared conceptions of the degeneracy of the modern era and a common distrust of mainstream narratives, New Age and conspiratorial milieus have often cross-fertilized. Conspiracy narratives can provide accounts of the types of corruption to be remedied by the advent of the next world age, and prophetic narratives of a new age can provide a teleological focus for the eventual success or defeat of the conspiracy. New Age interest in the mille…
The Highest Common Factor
This article differentiates two universalist rhetorical strategies in common use among producers of alternative archaeological narratives: hyperdiffusionism and perennialism. Both strategies seek to account for perceived similarities in archaeological monuments worldwide by tracing them to a single ur-source. However, each takes a distinct epistemic position with respect to the identity of that source. Hyperdiffusionism and perennialism represent…
Religion
Emic concepts and etic paths
This article introduces a thematic issue consisting of six case studies of emic concepts that have potential value for serving as etic concepts in the study of religion/s. It briefly reviews theoretical issues relevant to the emic/etic distinction, underlining its relative and pragmatic nature. It ends with a brief overview of the seven contributions to this thematic issue
Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works)