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Slavery and Kant's Doctrine of RightHistory of Modern Philosophy. forthcoming.In the 1780s through the end of 1790s, Kant made various references to slavery (in its different forms) and the transatlantic slave trade in the context of his political philosophy or philosophy of right; he thereby had opportunities to speak in favor of abolitionism, which was gaining momentum in parts of Europe, or at least to articulate a normative critique of the race-based chattel slavery or Atlantic slavery and the associated slave trade qua (legalized) INSTITUTIONS; but he did neither. Wh…Read more
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After the postsecular and the postmodern: new essays in continental philosophy of religion (edited book)Cambridge Scholars Press. 2010.Continental philosophy of religion has been dominated for two decades by "postsecular" and "postmodern" thought. This volume brings together a vanguard of scholars to ask what comes after the postsecular and the postmodern that is, what is Continental philosophy of religion now? Against the subjugation of philosophy to theology, After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion argues that philosophy of religion must either liberate itself from theologica…Read more
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The Power of Nothingness: Negative Thought in AgambenSymposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy/Revue canadienne de philosophie continentale 15 (1): 49-71. 2011.This paper addresses the nature and value of Giorgio Agamben’s negative thought, which revolves around the theme of nothingness. I begin by observing the validity of negative thinking, and thus oppose those affirmative philosophies that reject Agamben’s thought simply on the basis of its negativity. Indeed, the importance of negative thought is set forth by Agamben’s attention to the specific biopolitical logic that governs the present. If we are to understand the present, then we must begin by …Read more
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The Creation of Non-BeingRhizomes 29 (1). 2016.
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Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Continental Philosophy |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |