Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society

Liberal Democratic Representation and the Politicization of Religion 自由民主代表制与宗教政治化

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.14220/JRAT.2018.4.2.142

Astrid Mattes

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Post-Representational Order and Naked Citizenship 后代表性秩序与赤裸裸的公民身份

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402016

M. Neri

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The Task of Becoming Minor: On the Politics of Representation 成为未成年人的任务:论代议政治

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402014

Gerald Posselt

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The Ideology of the New Right and Religious Conservativism. Towards an Ethical Critique of the New Politics of Authoritarianism 新右派意识形态与宗教保守主义。对威权主义新政治的伦理批判

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402009

Hans Schelkshorn

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Rethinking Parrhesia. Theological-Political Considerations on the Present Crisis of Religious Representation 重新思考诚实。对当前宗教再现危机的神学-政治思考

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402015

Isabella Guanzini

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The Kingdom, the Power, the Glory, and the Tawdry: Neoliberal Hegemony and the “Undoing” of the Demos 王国、权力、荣耀与俗气:新自由主义霸权与Demos的“毁灭”

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402004

Carl A. Raschke

{"title":"The Kingdom, the Power, the Glory, and the Tawdry: Neoliberal Hegemony and the “Undoing” of the Demos","authors":"Carl A. Raschke","doi":"10.14220/23642807-00402004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14220/23642807-00402004","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores Giorgio Agamben!s celebrated “double paradigm of sovereignty” , which introduces the Christian idea of oikonomia (“economy”) as a foundational political concept in Western thinking. It argues that Agamben!s far-ranging discussion im-proves our understanding of how Foucault!s notion of biopower actually develops historically from the matrix of early Christian theology and how it becomes its own kind of “political theology” to undergird the contemporary dynamics, structure, and rhetoric of neoliberalism. Following Agamben, the argument also builds on his thesis that “economic sovereignty” today is cemented through the power of modern forms of media in muchthe samewaythatthecriticaltheorists of theinterwarperiod identifiedthe“culture industry” as the genuine hegemon of capitalism. Finally, it devotes extensive attention to the work of the French social philosopher and media theorist Bernard Stiegler and his notion of “cognitive capitalism.” Carl is The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. His most recent books are Postmodern Theology: A Biopic (Cascade Books, 2016) , Critical Theology: An Agenda for an Age of Global Crisis (IVP Academic , 2016 ) and Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2015).","PeriodicalId":408080,"journal":{"name":"Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114894224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Becoming Real in an Age of Shameless Lies 在无耻的谎言时代变得真实

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.14220/23642807-00402017

S. Lehmann

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How to Bring About “Peace on Earth”? Catholic "Moralities of Warfare" and Their Shifts after 1945 如何实现“地球和平”?天主教的“战争道德”及其1945年后的转变

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2018.4.1.164

Daniel Gerster

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„Kämpfet recht!“ Themen einer evangelischen „Soldatenethik“ im Deutschen Reich während des Ersten Weltkriegs “Kämpfet说得对!在第一次世界大战期间，德军关于服役期间事务的论述

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2018.4.1.88

A. Hofmann

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"That's more than we know": The Principle of Responsibility and the Common Soldier in William Shakespeare's Plays “这比我们知道的更多”:威廉·莎士比亚戏剧中的责任原则和普通士兵

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2018.4.1.38

Franziska Quabeck

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