The following is the first of a two-part series. The Metapolitics of Sovereignty The question of what constitutes the political is a question of first principles. The question of the political versus politics in general – a distinction frequently drawn in the French language and in theory between le politique…
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Restoring The “Common Good” – Or Simply Hijacking It For The Educated Elites? (Carl Raschke)
America is fracturing. America is unravelling. Such a proposition, controversial four years ago, seems almost a truism these days. But a phenomenology of the Great American Crackup, quite evident in view of routine headlines and the apocalyptic and ostensibly calamitous outcome of the upcoming presidential election if the opposing party…
Religious Rights And Human Rights – Why We Can’t Be Selective (Carl Raschke)
The following is the full text of a brief talk that was given as part of a special symposium, or webinar, on religious rights conducted on Oct. 9, 2020 by Human Rights Media. Thomas Jefferson, who by most historical accounts is the historical godfather of the human rights movement, declared…
Migration And “Waning Sovereignty” – Humanitarian Challenge Or Crisis Of The Political? (Carl Raschke)
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, albeit not by a popular majority of votes, largely on his promise to “build the wall” that would stem the tide of illegal immigration across the southern border. Two and a half years into his administration the trope of the “wall”…
The Deep Framing By Totality (Roger Green)
A variety of competing descriptions of ‘whiteness’ making up racist retreats to Romantic imaginaries of Anglo-Saxon identity go at least as far back as Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had imagined himself in an anti-papal tradition of resisting “the Norman yoke,” installed in with the papal backing of the French invasion of…
Dissolving The I In The We – Love And The Problem of Community, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)
The following is the first installment of Dr. Tutt’s St. Thomas More Lecture delivered on March 18, 2018 at St. John Fisher University. The second installment will follow upon this one. Part I Posing the Problem: The Dialectic of Communitas and Immunitas I want to talk tonight about the philosophy of…