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Moderated by Udi Aloni, with an introduction by Kate Eichhorn, an art presentation by Yuli Aloni Primor, and music by DJ Spooky.
Why are so many essays entitled "a politico-theological treatise"? The answer is simple: Theory becomes theology when it is a subjective political engagement. As Kierkegaard once pointed out, one doesn't acquire faith in Christ after comparing different religions and choosing Christianity. The reasons to embrace Christianity are only apparent after one has become a believer. The same holds for Marxism. One doesn't become a Marxist after objectively surveying history. Instead, becoming a Marxist exposes the reasons for this philosophy. But if this is true, what is the difference between theory and theology? By extension, is an atheist theology possible? And, if so, might Slavoj Žižek, an atheist, be as much a philosopher and theologian as Cornel West, a Christian?
This event is produced by Udi Aloni and Yuli Aloni Primor.
Art by Yuli Aloni Primor.
Presented by Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College, Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research, and the School of Undergraduate Studies at the Schools of Public Engagement
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Dr. Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the author of more than 40 single-authored books, including Christian Atheism: How to be a Real Materialism, which will be published by Bloomsbury in April 2024. The New Republic once described Žižek as "the most dangerous philosopher in the West."
Dr. Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. He is a former Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Dr. West has written 20 books and has edited 13 more. He is best known for Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, explores the visionary legacies of nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders. West is currently a candidate for President of the United States.
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