Schmidt, Mario and Koddenbrock, Kai (2019). Against Understanding: The Techniques of Shock and Awe in Jesuit Theology, Neoliberal Thought and Timothy Morton's Philosophy of Hyperobjects. Glob. Soc., 33 (1). S. 66 - 82. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-798X
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Revolving around three examples - Jesuit missionary activities in 17th century North America, Friedrich von Hayek's neoliberal thought and Timothy Morton's theory of hyperobjects - our paper discusses the notions of distance and pointing out which are subterraneously at work in today's critical spirit and its tendency to align itself with the affirmation turn. Our investigation of the distances between subject and object and the role of the critic's pointing at diverse hyperobjects (god, the market and global warming), helps us excavate a mode of critique that we call presentist persuasion. Presentist persuasion works as a form of critique that reveals the truth by pointing out hyperobjects' encompassing presence for the sake of an overarching ethical or political goal instead of initiating a process of understanding them.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-139800 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13600826.2018.1539954 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Glob. Soc. | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 33 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 66 - 82 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1469-798X | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13980 |
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