RT Book
T1 Collective intentionality and the study of religion: social ontology and empirical research
T2 Expanding philosophy of religion
A1 Rota, Andrea 1983-
LA English
PP London
PB Bloomsbury Academic
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1843003090
AB In this open access book, Andrea Rota makes the case for philosophical, theoretical, and empirical approaches to the study of religion, drawing on ongoing debates and challenging individualist perspectives.    Rota begins with a survey of the work of Michael Bratman, John Searle, Raimo Tuomela, and Margaret Gilbert exploring the relevance of their insights for the study of religion. He sets out a theoretical framework to operationalize their philosophical ideas in an empirical research setting. Applying this framework in Part Two, Rota analyses the collective agency of Jehovah's Witnesses, focusing on the roles that print and electronic media play in structuring communicative processes that conduce to collective intentions and commitments. He presents extensive fieldwork carried out in Switzerland and Germany, examining both qualitative and quantitative data.    By demonstrating the fruitfulness of philosophical perspectives on collective intentionality and social ontology, Rota's study makes a timely contribution to our understanding of the beliefs, emotions, and aesthetic experiences of religious groups.    The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
NO Gesehen am 21.06.2023
SN 9781350303775
K1 Collective behavior
K1 Intentionality (Philosophy)
K1 philosophy of religion
K1 Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
K1 Social & political philosophy
DO 10.5040/9781350303775