Article
Locating the Oceanic in Sylvia Wynter's 'Demonic Ground'
By Justine M. Bakker
February 2022
Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
In recent years, the vast and expansive oeuvre of cultural critic and theorist Sylvia Wynter has received enthusiastic response from a seemingly ever-increasing group of scholars. Drawing from and contributing to this great interest in Wynter’s writings, this essay further elucidates and build upon one of her often referenced concepts: “demonic ground.” Despite Wynter’s use of the terrestrial term “ground,” I argue that the concept is fundamentally oceanic. I then build on this insight and the work of Fred Moten, Alexander Weheliye and others to coin “demonic ocean” as an alternative vantage point of Black study. The article brings together scholarship in religious studies, Black studies, and the blue humanities.
Book Chapter
Race and (the Study of) Esotericism
By Justine M. Bakker
December 2020
in: New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
Until recently, race was largely overlooked and obscured in the field of (Western) esotericism. This essay makes a case for the significance of engaging race by presenting research on racialized spirits and the racialized nature of UFO abduction accounts. Available to all through Open-Access (see link)
Journal article
Bodin Now; or, What’s Wrong With Intellectual History?
By Anya Topolski
August 2020
Political Theology
In the Special Issue of the Journal Political Theology on Jean Bodin’s and the Sovereignty of Exclusion. Co-edited with James Renton. Issue 6, Volume 21, 2020. 475-478.
Blog Post
Covid-19 and Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’.
By Justine M. Bakker
May 2020
CounterPoint: Navigating Knowledge.
Justine Bakker, “Covid-19 and Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’.” For CounterPoint: Navigating Knowledge. May 13, 2020.
Journal article
The Dangerous Discourse of the ‘Judeo-Christian’ Myth: Masking the Race-Religion Constellation in Europe.
By Anya Topolski
April 2020
Patterns of Prejudice
Genealogies of ‘Jews’ and ‘Muslims’: Social Imaginaries in the Race–Religion Nexus. A special issue guest-edited by Yolande Jansen and Nasar Meer Volume 54. Issue 1 & 2. 71-90.
Journal article
Nation-States, the Race-Religion Constellation, and Diasporic Political Communities: Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler, and Paul Gilroy
By Anya Topolski
March 2020
The European Legacy
Special Issue of the Journal The European Legacy Judith Butler’s Parting Ways or Ways of Cohabitation. Guest Editors: Anya Topolski & Louis Klee. Volume 25, Issue 3. 266-281.
Journal article
Is Islamophobia (Always) Racism?
By Anna Sophie Lauwers
December 2019
Critical Philosophy of Race
Recent scholarship increasingly defines Islamophobia as a form of racism. The possibility that Islamophobia could also manifest itself as religious or cultural bigotry is generally overlooked. This article argues that although anti-Islam bigotry is intertwined with anti-Muslim racism, the two are conceptually distinct. Making this distinction allows us to better analyze, unmask, and critically assess Islamophobia. The article conceptually explores the similarities and differences between anti-Muslim racism and anti-Islam bigotry.
Blog post
Offshore: Descending into the Blue Humanities.
By Justine M. Bakker
November 2019
CounterPoint: Navigating Knowledge
Justine Bakker, “Offshore: Descending into the Blue Humanities.” For CounterPoint: Navigating Knowledge. November 6, 2019.
Journal article
Hidden Presence: Race and/in the History, Construct and Study of Western Esotericism
By Justine M. Bakker
July 2019
Religion
Justine Bakker, “Hidden Presence: Race and/in the History, Construct and Study of Western Esotericism” (journal article in Religion, advance online publication July 2019)
Journal article
The Race-Religion Intersection: A European Contribution to the Critical Philosophy of Race
By Anya Topolski
April 2018
Critical Philosophy of Race
This article traces the hidden race-religion constellation in Europe. The term “race-religion constellation” refers to the connection or co-constitution of the categories of race and “religion.”
Journal article
Good Jew, Bad Jew: ‘Managing’ Europe’s Others.
By Anya Topolski
November 2017
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Special issue 'Islamophobia and Surveillance: Genealogies of a Global Order'. Ed. James Renton.