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Liberalism, Revolution, And Unbelief – Guillaume Groen’s Reactionary Political Theology Of Revelation (Simon P. Kennedy)
Abraham Kuyper
Liberalism, Revolution, And Unbelief – Guillaume Groen’s Reactionary Political Theology Of Revelation (Simon P. Kennedy)

We are living in the most interesting of times. The world is being ravaged by a deadly virus. Economic ruin seems to be...

11 August 2020 thenewpolis
Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 2 (Roger Green)
British Empire
Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 2 (Roger Green)

In my previous post, I argued that as a pagan figure, Pan manifests an Edwardian desire to re-enchant England as a...

03 August 2020 Roger Green
Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)

Participants are invited to join us live in the first of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars)...

28 July 2020 thenewpolis
Racism, Anti-Racism, And Marxism – How Poststructuralism Morphed The Emancipatory Project Into “Progressive Neoliberalism” (Carl Raschke)
Alain Badiou
Racism, Anti-Racism, And Marxism – How Poststructuralism Morphed The Emancipatory Project Into “Progressive Neoliberalism” (Carl Raschke)

The following is the first of a four-part series on the current upsurge in antiracist activism in America as well as its...

27 July 2020 thenewpolis
Literary Conversations 1 – Steven Dunn and Selah Saterstrom on the Novel, Tragedy And Sacrifice (Roger Green)
Brian Evenson
Literary Conversations 1 – Steven Dunn and Selah Saterstrom on the Novel, Tragedy And Sacrifice (Roger Green)

Steven Dunn and Selah Saterstrom in conversation with Roger Green In this new series of Literary Conversations, New...

21 July 2020 Roger Green
“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)
Daniel Peterson
“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)

The following is the first of a two-part series. The first can be found here. It is republished from Religious Theory on...

18 July 2020 thenewpolis
“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 1 (James E. Willis, III)
Anarchism
“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 1 (James E. Willis, III)

The following is the first of a two-part series. It is republished from Religious Theory on May 1, 2020. The Death of...

13 July 2020 thenewpolis
Race And The Self-Defeating Character of Kant’s Argument In “Anthropology From A Pragmatic Point Of View” (Eunah Lee)
Anthropology
Race And The Self-Defeating Character of Kant’s Argument In “Anthropology From A Pragmatic Point Of View” (Eunah Lee)

The full PDF version with extensive footnote documentation of Kant’s arguments can be found here. Introduction Kant’s...

07 July 2020 thenewpolis
Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 1 (Roger Green)
Social
Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 1 (Roger Green)

In my previous post, I explored the distinction between the state of exception and Maurice Blanchot’s opening remarks...

29 June 2020 Roger Green
Political Filters And The Challenge Of Multivariate Political Analysis (Jonathan Cole)
Black Lives Matter
Political Filters And The Challenge Of Multivariate Political Analysis (Jonathan Cole)

Political reality is multivariate, although you would never know it based on news reporting, political commentary and...

22 June 2020 thenewpolis