Automatic religion : : nearhuman agents of Brazil and France / / Paul Christopher Johnson.
What distinguishes humans from nonhumans? Two common answers—free will and religion—are in some ways fundamentally opposed. Whereas free will enjoys a central place in our ideas of spontaneity, authorship, and deliberation, religious practices seem to involve a suspension of or relief from the exerc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Chicago, Illinois : : University of Chicago Press,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 23 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Religion-Like Situations
- Rosalie: Psychiatric Nearhuman
- Juca Rosa: Photographic Nearhuman
- Anastácia: Saintly Nearhuman
- Ajeeb: Automaton Nearhuman
- Chico X: Legal Nearhuman
- Conclusion: Agency and Automatic Freedom.