Political Theology after Metaphysics / Derek Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Derek, 1992- author.

Series:

SUNY series in theology and continental thought.

SUNY Series in Theology and Continental Thought Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political theology.

Social justice.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

"In Political Theology after Metaphysics, Derek Brown argues that theologians and religious believers should pursue a revolutionary political theology that can address racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression in practical ways, rather than following the sorts of metaphysical theologies that have dominated theological discourse since at least the scholastic period. Relying primarily on Marxist and deconstructive critiques of the ideological function of metaphysics, the book engages a wide range of classical and contemporary figures, including Karl Marx, Soren Kierkegaard, Carl Schmitt, Jacques Derrida, James Cone, Chantal Mouffe, Cornel West, Martin Hägglund, and Karl Ove Knausgård. These engagements are attentive not only to the ways in which these figures critique or defend metaphysics, but also to the ways in which they perform political theologies responsive to those critiques. While the so-called postmodern critique of metaphysics—which Brown problematizes as insufficiently critical of political ideology—is often read as a challenge to religion, Brown’s readings suggest that the deconstructive and Marxist critiques of metaphysics present an opportunity for the reemergence of a historical and politically engaged form of religion"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Polemical ontology : Carl Schmitt’s “decisionism” is not what it seems

Deconstructing theology, constructing faith?

Belonging to the world : Karl Ove Knausgaard’s secular love

Orthodoxy is orthopraxy : Kierkegaard’s relation to Marx reconsidered

God is and is not Black : Black Theology, Marxism, and the relationship between race and class

Conclusion : St. John Brown

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"A version of this manuscript was originally written as a dissertation, which was completed in November 2020"--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index.

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ISBN:

9781438495873

1438495870

OCLC:

1410024142