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Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?
Carl A. Raschke analyzes Obama's Cairo speech as a bid for renewed relations between Islam and the West, testing its promise against Enlightenment aporias.
Labels Without Scars: Mystifying Amnesia in Today’s Presidential Politics
Wendy Felese examines the rhetoric surrounding Barack Obama's presidency, asking whether hopeful political labels conceal historical scars and uncertainty.
Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment
Carl A. Raschke reads Obama's inauguration beside Jean-Luc Nancy's Dis-Enclosure, asking how event, faith, Christianity, and the future resist philosophy.
The Morning After—with a Nod to Vince Lombardi
Carl A. Raschke reflects on Barack Obama's election, warning that political euphoria must give way to shared responsibility before the next global crisis.
Apocalypse Now? The Subaltern Has Spoken
Writing before the 2008 election, Carl A. Raschke considers Obama, globalization, identity politics, and whether an apparent apocalypse signals a new beginning.