Arthur Kroker: BORN AGAIN IDEOLOGY Religion, Technology, and Terrorism
…Covenant technology? That’s the fusion of covenant theology and the will to technology as the essence of the American Republic, from its religious origins to its technocratic future. Here we are in the presence of a momentous alliance of two great historical forces – evangelical theology and technological experimentalism – ...
acceleration, capitalism, ideology, religion, technology, Terrorism
Violence comes home: an interview with Arun Kundnani
After the Paris attacks, what are the logical and tragic consequences of war with no geographical limits? Arun Kundnani has studied terrorism and counter-radicalisation programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States, and is the author of The Muslims are coming!, published by Verso. In this interview, he ...
Mode of Excess. Bataille, criminality and the war on terror
Stefano Harney and Randy Martin (2007)
I. Capital’s Excesses
Bataille’s vision bathes us all in the lap of luxury. So much of the political is cast in terms of lack-an insufficiency of activism, organization, theory, or resources to mobilize, in the face of an abundance of ossifying power. Excess ...