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Raschke Carl Raschke interviews Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm on genealogy after genealogy, the myth of disenchantment,... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/genealogy-enchantment-and-the-war-for-the-mind/) ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/albert-niemeyer-2016_andy_warhol.webp) ### [What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-2-carl-raschke/) October 11, 2023 — By Carl A. Raschke This article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. Taylor’s typification of... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/viewing_robert_smithsons_spiral_jetty_on_june_18th_2018-1200x642.webp) ### [What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/) September 28, 2023 — By Carl A. Raschke Almost a half century ago a change took place in the humanities, and by extension in the fledgling field of... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/tellus_-_ara_pacis.webp) ### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-3-carl-raschke/) October 5, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke The following is the last of a three-part series. The first can be found here , the second here. A genealogy... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-3-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/isabella_whiteford.webp) ### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) September 21, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here . The supreme achievement of... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/august_labicana_massimo_inv56230_n2.webp) ### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/) September 7, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke > “Neptunus alii per alia, poterunt intellegi qui qualesque sint, quoque eos nomine consuetudo nuncupaverit,... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/) ![“Progressive Neoliberalism” – Symbolic Capitalism And The Global Reproduction Of The “Precariat” (Interview With Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/img_6855.webp) ### [“Progressive Neoliberalism” – Symbolic Capitalism And The Global Reproduction Of The “Precariat” (Interview With Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/progressive-neoliberalism-symbolic-capitalism-and-the-global-reproduction-of-the-precariat-interview-with-carl-raschke/) July 5, 2020 — By Carl A. Raschke *Raschke, Carl. Neoliberalism and Political Theology: From Kant to Identity Politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/progressive-neoliberalism-symbolic-capitalism-and-the-global-reproduction-of-the-precariat-interview-with-carl-raschke/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/blake_jacobsladder.webp) ### [The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-3-carl-raschke/) July 19, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke This article is the last of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international... 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[Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/debt-slave.webp) ### [A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) August 29, 2016 — By Carl A. Raschke The following is the second installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/malabon-city.webp) ### [A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-1-carl-raschke/) August 22, 2016 — By Carl A. Raschke The following is the first installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![What Egypt Really Means for the Theory of Religion](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [What Egypt Really Means for the Theory of Religion](/religioustheory/live/what-egypt-really-means-for-the-theory-of-religion/) February 12, 2011 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke interprets Egypt's 2011 uprising through May 1968, youth politics, Derrida, and a universalist... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/what-egypt-really-means-for-the-theory-of-religion/) ![Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?](/religioustheory/live/obama-s-cairo-speech-new-beginning-new-enlightenment-or-old/) June 5, 2009 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke analyzes Obama's Cairo speech as a bid for renewed relations between Islam and the West,... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/obama-s-cairo-speech-new-beginning-new-enlightenment-or-old/) ![Specter and Event](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Specter and Event](/religioustheory/live/specter-and-event/) May 16, 2009 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke reflects on 2009 as a year of spectral eventfulness, reading Derrida and Nietzsche against... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/specter-and-event/) ![“Post-America”: An Exchange](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [“Post-America”: An Exchange](/religioustheory/live/post-america-an-exchange/) February 10, 2009 — By David Hale; Carl A. Raschke David Hale and Carl A. Raschke exchange views on American decline, debt, empire, irony, and the uncertain line... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/post-america-an-exchange/) ![Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment](/religioustheory/live/dis-enclosure-and-the-inaugural-moment/) January 22, 2009 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke reads Obama's inauguration beside Jean-Luc Nancy's Dis-Enclosure, asking how event, faith,... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/dis-enclosure-and-the-inaugural-moment/) ![The Morning After—with a Nod to Vince Lombardi](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [The Morning After—with a Nod to Vince Lombardi](/religioustheory/live/the-morning-after-with-a-nod-to-vince-lombardi/) November 5, 2008 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke reflects on Barack Obama's election, warning that political euphoria must give way to shared... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/the-morning-after-with-a-nod-to-vince-lombardi/) ![Apocalypse Now? The Subaltern Has Spoken](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Apocalypse Now? The Subaltern Has Spoken](/religioustheory/live/apocalypse-now-the-subaltern-has-spoken/) November 3, 2008 — By Carl A. Raschke Writing before the 2008 election, Carl A. Raschke considers Obama, globalization, identity politics, and... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/apocalypse-now-the-subaltern-has-spoken/) ![The Hinge of History, or Žižek’s “New Politics”](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [The Hinge of History, or Žižek’s “New Politics”](/religioustheory/live/the-hinge-of-history-or-zizek-s-new-politics/) October 17, 2008 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke asks whether the 2008 financial crash marks a hinge of history, testing Žižek's call for a new... [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/the-hinge-of-history-or-zizek-s-new-politics/) ![Hyperreality](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Hyperreality](/religioustheory/live/hyperreality/) September 20, 2008 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke reads the 2008 financial crisis through Baudrillard, Mark C. 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