The Color of Transcendence: Whiteness, Sovereignty, and the Theologico-Political

This essay reads Jacques Derrida's analysis of the death penalty - which he interprets as the most fundamental instantiation of sovereign, theologico-political power over life and death - in relation to the “whiteness” that structures US carcerality. Elaborating upon Derrida's conception o...

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Main Author: Krinks, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-156
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Derrida, Jacques 1930-2004 / Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 / Death penalty / Prison / Weißsein / Transcendence
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Death Penalty
B Sovereignty
B Book review
B Transcendence
B Derrida
B carceral
B theologico-political
B Foucault
B Whiteness
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