Critical Theory and Political Theology: The Aftermath of the Enlightenment by Pa

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A study of critical theory and political theology is of a reconstructive character in seeking to relocate critical theory and political ethics in the context of alternative modernities at the level of postcolonial theory.

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This book deals with the aftermath of the enlightenment and its legacy in the political, social, and racial context. It discusses the incomplete project of modernity in terms of social contract theory, racial justice issues, and political theology in the postcolonial context. Hermeneutical realism and cultural linguistic inquiry become substantial features in elaborating postcolonial political theology and its ethical stance against the colonization of lifeworld and its pathologies. A study of critical theory and political theology is of a reconstructive character in seeking to relocate critical theory and political ethics in the context of alternative modernities at the level of postcolonial theory.

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This book deals with the aftermath of the enlightenment and its legacy in the political, social, and racial context. It discusses the incomplete project of modernity in terms of social contract theory, racial justice issues, and political theology in the postcolonial context. Hermeneutical realism and cultural linguistic inquiry become substantial features in elaborating postcolonial political theology and its ethical stance against the colonization of lifeworld and its pathologies. A study of critical theory and political theology is of a reconstructive character in seeking to relocate critical theory and political ethics in the context of alternative modernities at the level of postcolonial theory.

Author Biography

Paul S. Chung teaches at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and at the Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, CA.

Table of Contents

1.  Introduction.- 2.  Race, Social Contract Theory, and Social Darwinism.- 3.  Political Theology, Negative Dialectics, and Messianic History.- 4.  Enlightenment, Genealogy, and Political Discourse Ethics.- 5.  Nietzsche, Critical Theory, and Cultural Linguistic Theology.- 6.  Orientalism, the Problematic of Marx, Subaltern Studies.- 7.  Mimicry, Hegel Interpretation, and Mimetic Theory of Language.- 8.  Ethnic Nationalism, Social Darwinism, and Alternative Modernities.- 9.  Ernst Troeltsch: Political Ethics and Comparative Religions.- 10.  Epilogue.

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Seeks to find an alternative way of constructing the world after the collapse of the Modernity Uses resources from political theory and critical theorists Written for scholars in the fields of critical theory, political theology, and postcolonial studies

Details ISBN303017171X Author Paul S. Chung Year 2019 ISBN-10 303017171X ISBN-13 9783030171711 Format Hardcover Pages 341 Publication Date 2019-05-13 Short Title Critical Theory and Political Theology Language English Subtitle The Aftermath of the Enlightenment DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-17172-8 DEWEY 301.01 Edition 1st Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland UK Release Date 2019-05-13 Illustrations XV, 341 p. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2019 Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alternative 9783030171742 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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