Ars Botanica
Art, Science, and Comparison in Religious Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12202741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maia Kotrosits (0000-0003-1740-6296, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School https://dx.doi.org/1812 Cambridge, MA USA, corresponding author), James Given (0000-0003-4137-8387, Harvard University Press), J Gregory Given (0009-0004-5082-2915, Harvard College Writing Program, Harvard University https://dx.doi.org/1812 Cambridge, MA USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 368-378 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700682-bja10156 |
| OpenAlex | W4413273141 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In this response to Schaefer’s Wild Experiment , we pick up Schaefer’s affective account of science and rationalism in order to follow the decidedly modernist tensions of knowledge production in the field of religious studies. We do so through the contemporary intellectual genealogy of comparison as method, especially as it is configured through the work of Jonathan Z. Smith, in which the analogy of botany figures prominently. We surface within religious studies contradictory aspirations to be both art and science, and we argue that any affective account of scientific knowledge and its others should also make recourse to fantasy and unconscious psychic processes
Analogy · Art · Epistemology · Fantasy · Field (mathematics · Literature · Order (exchange · Psychic · Rationalism · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |