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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 1-25 Race, Social Contract Theory, and Social Darwinism (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 27-57 Political Theology, Negative Dialectics, and Messianic History (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 59-98 Enlightenment, Genealogy, and Political Discourse Ethics (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 99-129 Nietzsche, Critical Theory, and Cultural-Linguistic Theology (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 131-165 Orientalism, the Problematic of Marx, Subaltern Studies (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 167-205 Mimicry, Hegel Interpretation, and Mimetic Theory of Language (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 207-242 Ethnic Nationalism, Social Darwinism, and Alternative Modernities (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 243-271 Ernst Troeltsch: Political Ethics and Comparative Religions (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 273-302 Epilogue (Paul S. Chung)....Pages 303-321 Back Matter ....Pages 323-341