Mark Manolopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4499655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Manolopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Manolopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | MANOLOPOULOS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Religious Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Following Reason
A Loving Attack on Caputo’s ‘Caputolism’ and his Refusal of Communism
For various reasons, John D. Caputo is one of my favorite philosophers. However, one may identify two basic weaknesses or contradictions when it comes to his thoughts on political economy: (1) Caputo insists on capitalism—even if it be a significantly transformed capitalism (what I will be calling here “Caputolism”)—but he does not question whether capitalism can accommodate the required reforms; and (2) Caputo’s refusal to entertain the possibil…
Gift Theory As Cultural Theory: Reconciling the ir/religious
What if thinking the gift could offer a way of rethinking two of society's most irreconcilable cultural spheres—the religious and the irreligious? The gift is irreducibly dual, marked by both gratuity and reciprocity, excess and exchange. What, then, if Creation is a gift? (The ‘ifness’ of the proposition is duly acknowledged, discussed, and affirmed.) Religious responses to the possible gift of Creation may be interpreted as reflecting and respe…
Hedonism and Peace
What has hedonism got to do with peace? Education and other measures may facilitate peace, but such avenues are thwarted by a variety of obstructions (ideological, economic, and others) to universa
About gifts: Derrida, scripture, earth
In recent times, the question of the gift has become a hot topic across a range of disciplines. Jacques Derrida was a key instigator: he disclosed the gift’s paradoxical or aporetic nature: it is both gratuitous and circular, excessive and reciprocal. An exemplary and decisive textual site of this duality is the Bible, where gift/ing is expressed according to extreme figures like grace and bribery – and much in between. But an examination of the …
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About gifts: Derrida, scripture, earth
In recent times, the question of the gift has become a hot topic across a range of disciplines. Jacques Derrida was a key instigator: he disclosed the gift’s paradoxical or aporetic nature: it is both gratuitous and circular, excessive and reciprocal. An exemplary and decisive textual site of this duality is the Bible, where gift/ing is expressed according to extreme figures like grace and bribery – and much in between. But an examination of the …
Gift Theory As Cultural Theory: Reconciling the ir/religious
What if thinking the gift could offer a way of rethinking two of society's most irreconcilable cultural spheres—the religious and the irreligious? The gift is irreducibly dual, marked by both gratuity and reciprocity, excess and exchange. What, then, if Creation is a gift? (The ‘ifness’ of the proposition is duly acknowledged, discussed, and affirmed.) Religious responses to the possible gift of Creation may be interpreted as reflecting and respe…
Hedonism and Peace
What has hedonism got to do with peace? Education and other measures may facilitate peace, but such avenues are thwarted by a variety of obstructions (ideological, economic, and others) to universa
A Loving Attack on Caputo’s ‘Caputolism’ and his Refusal of Communism
For various reasons, John D. Caputo is one of my favorite philosophers. However, one may identify two basic weaknesses or contradictions when it comes to his thoughts on political economy: (1) Caputo insists on capitalism—even if it be a significantly transformed capitalism (what I will be calling here “Caputolism”)—but he does not question whether capitalism can accommodate the required reforms; and (2) Caputo’s refusal to entertain the possibil…
Following Reason
Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Political Theology and Sovereignty (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)