Scholarship has noted that the genealogical trajectory of a state has consistently had an impact on the evolution of state-church relationships. Philosophers have conceded that historically, as a sociological fact, religion was not purged from the public as much as…
Review – Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities (Dean Dettloff)
Bernico, Matt, and Kölke, Manuela (Eds.). Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities. New York: Atropos Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 1940813085. Hardcover, paperback, e-book. 296 pages. In Totality and Infinity, Emmanuel Levinas famously observed that “Dasein in Heidegger is never hungry.” Levinas did not…
Review – Economy And Ontology From Agamben To Nancy (Taylor Weaver)
Bird, Greg. Containing Community: From Political Economy to Ontology in Agamben, Esposito, and Nancy. Albany NY: SUNY Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4384-6185-4. Hardcover. Distinct connections between political economy and ontology may seem to some as unnecessarily abstract. What, after all, does…
Review – Caputo’s “Spooky” Call To Theology (Rob Kennedy)
Caputo, John D., Moody, Sarah, and DeLay, Tad., It Spooks: Living In Response To An Unheard Call. Rapid City SD: Shelter50 Publishing Collective, 2015. ISBN-10: 0986249505. Paperback. 260 pages. In It Spooks John D. Caputo continues his investigation into the theoretical possibilities…
The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)
A Turkish translation of a version of this essay has been published as “Bir, bir şey değildir: post-metafizik düşüncede birlik ve çokluğun akıbeti,” trans. Mustafa Yalçınkaya, Sabah Ülkesi: Üç aylık kültür-sanat ve felsefe dergisi, no. 51, Nisan 2017, 16–19. Available…
Review – The Origins of Neoliberalism: A Racialized Review (Adam F. Braun)
Leshem, Dotan. The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 0231177763. Hardcover, paperback, e-book. 248 pages. Leshem’s recent volume, The Origins of Neoliberalism suffers from the implications of its subtitle: “Modeling the Economy…
Speaking (Or Not Speaking) Of God – Call For Proposals
Speaking (Or Not Speaking) of God An Interdisciplinary Conference On The Dialectic Of Divine Presence And Absence When: October 6-7, 2017 Where: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Sponsors: Department of Religious Studies, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory Deadline for…