The Colonial (Dis)order and the (Im)possibility of Redemption: Jeong, Abolition, and Living from the “End of the World”

This article develops the oppositional edge of postcolonial theologies by way of Frantz Fanon’s anti-colonial desire for the “end of the world.” It connects W. Anne Joh’s elaboration of jeong - the living in excess of (neo)colonial violence - to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s anti-fascist critique of the god...

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Main Author: Robinson, Benjamin G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2018
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-76
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Postcolonialism / Theology / Colonialism / Racism / Abolition of
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Race
B Postcolonial Theology
B Abolition
B Decolonialism
B Whiteness
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Summary:This article develops the oppositional edge of postcolonial theologies by way of Frantz Fanon’s anti-colonial desire for the “end of the world.” It connects W. Anne Joh’s elaboration of jeong - the living in excess of (neo)colonial violence - to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s anti-fascist critique of the godlike desires of European humanism (the sicut deus). The overall aim of the article is to clarify and assess what is at stake in a project of eschatological decolonialism. What might it mean to think theologically about salvation as abolition? And what might it look like to live from the “end of the world?”
Item Description:Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 1-2 February-March 2018"
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2017.1405624