• THE CHRISTIAN LEGACY IS INCOMPLETE: FOR AND AGAINST ŽIŽEK

    Author(s):
    Marika Rose (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Subject(s):
    Philosophy, Continental, Theology
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Christianity, Slavoj Zizek, whiteness, Continental philosophy
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZR25
    Abstract:
    Slavoj Žižek’s enthusiastic endorsement of the Christian legacy as the only hope for the future of radical politics has, unsurprisingly, made him popular amongst many Christians and theologians in recent years. This article explores the underlying logic of Žižek’s celebration of the Christian legacy, arguing that his dual celebration of the Christian and European legacies not only reveals the entanglement of his argument with the white supremacist logic of Christian superiority but begins to expose the ways in which Žižek’s focus on Christian Europe is inconsistent with his own fundamental ontological claims.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    doi:10.3828/mb.2016.20
    Publisher:
    Liverpool University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2016-7-25
    Journal:
    Modern Believing
    Volume:
    57
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    267 - 279
    ISSN:
    1353-1425,2053-633X
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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