In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and
the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between
political philosophy and political theology. This collapse
contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a
neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled
political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront
the conceptual stakes of a return to religion.
Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions,
Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the
secular and the religious as a basis for emancipatory political
thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty, democracy, potentiality,
law, and event from a religious and political point of view,
Crockett articulates a theological vision that responds to our
contemporary world and its theo-political realities. Specifically,
he claims we should think about God and the state in terms of
potentiality rather than sovereign power. Deploying new concepts,
such as Slavoj Žižek's idea of parallax and Catherine Malabou's
notion of plasticity, his argument engages with debates over the
nature and status of religion, ideology, and messianism. Tangling
with the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Spinoza, Antonio Negri, Giorgio
Agamben, Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, and Catherine Keller,
Crockett concludes with a reconsideration of democracy as a form of
political thought and religious practice, underscoring its ties to
modern liberal capitalism while also envisioning a more authentic
democracy unconstrained by those ties.
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