Rose, Marika
ORCID: 0000-0001-8595-7482
(2016)
The Christian Legacy is Incomplete: For and Against Žižek.
Modern believing, 57
(3).
pp. 267-279.
ISSN 1353-1425
Abstract
Slavoj Žižek’s enthusiastic endorsement of the Christian legacy as the only hope for the future of radical politics has, unsurprisingly, made him popular amongst many Christians and theologians in recent years. This article explores the underlying logic of Žižek’s celebration of the Christian legacy, arguing that his dual celebration of the Christian and European legacies not only reveals the entanglement of his argument with the white supremacist logic of Christian superiority but begins to expose the ways in which Žižek’s focus on Christian Europe is inconsistent with his own fundamental ontological claims.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Christianity; Colonialism; Slavoj Žižek; Anti-Semitism; White Supremacy; Eurocentrism; Universality |
| Subjects: | Humanities > Philosophy Humanities > Religions |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Theology, Philosophy, & Music |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Official URL: | https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 32066 |
| Deposited On: | 06 Jan 2026 15:25 by Marika Rose . Last Modified 06 Jan 2026 15:25 |
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