Justin N Smolin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3473807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin N Smolin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin N |
| FAMILY NAME | Smolin |
| SIGNATURE | SMOLIN J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kṛṣṇa the Magician
In this article, I discuss the vilification of Kṛṣṇa as a deceitful sorcerer in the Mughal poet-laureate Shaikh Abū'l Faiḍ bin Mubārak, or ‘Faiḍī's Mahābhārat and his correspondent apotheosis as the ‘essence of the True God' in the Shāriq al-maʿrifat , a treatise also ascribed to Faiḍī. As I argue, this inconsistency, or ambivalence, is a common and overlooked facet of the elite Islamicate engagement with religious diversity and difference in ear…
Secularism as Theopolitics
Carl Schmitt's well-known declaration that "all significant" modern political concepts are "secularized theological concepts" has sometimes been treated as hyperbole: a metaphorical axe aimed at the frozen sea of legal positivism, a provocation rather than a thesis. In this article, I demonstrate the fecundity of this thesis by applying it to secularism, a concept undeniably central to the Liberal state; crucially, however, I do so in the context…
Kṛṣṇa the Magician
In this article, I discuss the vilification of Kṛṣṇa as a deceitful sorcerer in the Mughal poet-laureate Shaikh Abū'l Faiḍ bin Mubārak, or ‘Faiḍī's Mahābhārat and his correspondent apotheosis as the ‘essence of the True God' in the Shāriq al-maʿrifat , a treatise also ascribed to Faiḍī. As I argue, this inconsistency, or ambivalence, is a common and overlooked facet of the elite Islamicate engagement with religious diversity and difference in ear…
Secularism as Theopolitics
Carl Schmitt's well-known declaration that "all significant" modern political concepts are "secularized theological concepts" has sometimes been treated as hyperbole: a metaphorical axe aimed at the frozen sea of legal positivism, a provocation rather than a thesis. In this article, I demonstrate the fecundity of this thesis by applying it to secularism, a concept undeniably central to the Liberal state; crucially, however, I do so in the context…
Kṛṣṇa the Magician
In this article, I discuss the vilification of Kṛṣṇa as a deceitful sorcerer in the Mughal poet-laureate Shaikh Abū'l Faiḍ bin Mubārak, or ‘Faiḍī's Mahābhārat and his correspondent apotheosis as the ‘essence of the True God' in the Shāriq al-maʿrifat , a treatise also ascribed to Faiḍī. As I argue, this inconsistency, or ambivalence, is a common and overlooked facet of the elite Islamicate engagement with religious diversity and difference in ear…
Ambivalence (1 work) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (1 work) · Islamic Studies and History (1 work) · Pluralism (1 work) · Political Theology and Sovereignty (1 work) · Polity (1 work) · Psychoanalysis (1 work)