Abstract
An examination of the Iranian philosopher Reza Negarestani’s development of political theology. Considered within the context of his involvement with a strand of contemporary philosophical thinking known as speculative realism, it examines Negarestani’s use of Islamic referents in Cyclonopedia, a multi-layered frame story belonging to the genre of theory fiction, and in more technical-philosophical treatises. Focusing on his deployment of dissenting interpretations of the notions of taqiyya (concealment, dissimulation) and qiyama (resurrection), the resulting spatiotemporal implications are assessed by putting Negarestani in conversation with classical and contemporary Islamic and non-Muslim thinkers, theologians, and philosophers.
Original language | English |
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Journal | World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research |
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Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 21 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- Islam
- Religion
- Reza Negarestani
- Speculative Realism
- Theology
- War