The Proclamation of Charles H. Long in the Time of Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, and COVID-19
Revisiting Charles H. Long's 1991 proclamation of a modern crisis of materiality, this essay examines Long's theorization of the fetish-commodity legacies, that recreated African persons into objects and commodities, as a means of understanding our present tripartite pandemic of systemic r...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Dialog
Jahr: 2020, Band: 59, Heft: 4, Seiten: 277-285 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus FD Kontextuelle Theologie KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
commodity
B Black Lives Matter (mouvement) B Material Religion B Covid-19 B Materiality B Environnement (art) B New Materialism B fetish B Charles H. Long B Racism |
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Zusammenfassung: | Revisiting Charles H. Long's 1991 proclamation of a modern crisis of materiality, this essay examines Long's theorization of the fetish-commodity legacies, that recreated African persons into objects and commodities, as a means of understanding our present tripartite pandemic of systemic racism, environmental destruction, and COVID-19. Examining the period of, what Long elsewhere terms, the “second creation,” I interrogate what this crisis means for the study of religion and for our society today. Building on Long's conception of “soul stuff” and yet moving beyond notions of human exceptionalism, I argue that to move beyond fetish and colonial legacies and realize a “third creation” (or, in other words, a (re-)re-creation), both scholars and the public must craft a new materialism that honors the ontological reality and value of all existence. |
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ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12605 |