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The Christian Legacy is Incomplete: For and Against Žižek

Rose, Marika orcid logoORCID: 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.
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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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