Contested Spaces, Common Ground: Space and Power Structures in Contemporary Multireligious Societies (Currents of Encounter)

by Ulrich Winkler (Contributor), Lidia Rodríguez (Contributor), Oddbjorn Leirvik (Contributor)

Spaces are produced and shaped by discourses and, in turn, produce and shape discourses themselves. 'Space' is becoming a significant and complex concept for the encounter between people, cultures, religions, ideologies, politics, between histories and memories, the advantaged and the disadvantaged, the powerful and the weak. As a result, it provides a rich hermeneutical and methodological inventory for mapping interculturality and interreligiosity. This volume looks at space as a critical theory and epistemological tool within cultural studies that fosters the analysis of power structures and the deconstruction of representations of identities within our societies that are shaped by power.

404 pages, Paperback

Published October 20, 2016