Critical Theory and Political Theology: The Aftermath of the Enlightenment

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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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9783030171711   9783030171728   303017171X   3030171744

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Chapters

Ernst Troeltsch: Political Ethics and Comparative Religions

This chapter is a study of public theory of religion and ethics in Troeltsch’s historicism and comparative study of world religions. Unlike Weber, Troeltsch did not find an interest in critical theory and political theology. I re-examine Troeltsch’s social ethical theology and historical, critical m... see more

Ethnic Nationalism, Social Darwinism, and Alternative Modernities

The prior investigations of postcolonial political theology and mimicry lead us to this chapter which includes a case study of previously colonialized nation, South Korea by Japan. It focuses on colonial modernity, alternative modernities, and the postcolonial epistemology, especially in dealing wit... see more

Mimicry, Hegel Interpretation, and Mimetic Theory of Language

This chapter is concerned with critically analyzing Homi Bhabha’s notion of mimicry in the colonial, racially hierarchical context. He develops Fanon’s psychological analysis in terms of the ambivalence of mimicry, but its psychological limitation lies in discarding Fanon’s discussion of Hegel’s the... see more

Orientalism, the Problematic of Marx, Subaltern Studies

With this new model of political theology in mind, this chapter discusses Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism with respect to its significance and limitations. He classifies Karl Marx as a Eurocentric thinker and attacks Marx’s mode of representation in justifying the British rule in India. Spivak f... see more

Nietzsche, Critical Theory, and Cultural-Linguistic Theology

In this chapter I am interested in developing Foucault’s archeological reasoning in a post-metaphysical stance and its ethical implication, by explicating the significance of Nietzsche to Foucault and the tradition of critical theory. The concern is to undertake a critical review of Foucault’s insuf... see more

Enlightenment, Genealogy, and Political Discourse Ethics

This chapter deals with Foucault, who is one of the major mentors in shaping postcolonial theory. In difference from postcolonial utilization of his thinking, I bring Foucault into the discussion with his critique of Enlightenment, and his genealogy founded upon the relation between knowledge and po... see more

Political Theology, Negative Dialectics, and Messianic History

In staying with critical theory, this chapter is a study of an old model of political theology and its anti-Semitism in reference to Hobbes’ theory of Leviathan. A critical theory of anti-Semitism and progress can be further developed with respect to its racial thinking and civilizing mission. A new... see more

Race, Social Contract Theory, and Social Darwinism

This chapter builds upon critical theory from Chap. 10.1007/978-3-030-17172-8_1 to investigate racial theory in the historical context, which is connected with colonialism and economic plundering by Spanish powers in Latin America. Social contract thinkers such as John Locke and Rousseau will be exp... see more

Introduction

This chapter introduces the extent to which critical theology is related to political theology and its ethical orientation in the aftermath of the Enlightenment. Rousseau and his social contract theory are chosen to be one of the important examples in critiquing the Enlightenment, as seen later in W... see more

Epilogue

This chapter is a reflection and synthesis of critical theory and political theology in postcolonial construal, in which I critically treat the philosophical tradition of the Enlightenment, notably in John Locke’s and John S. Mill’s view of racial issues and colony. I complement a dialectical story ... see more

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