Qiyama as Rebellion, Taqiyya as Hypercamouflage: The Political Theology of Reza Negarestani

Carool Kersten

doi:10.1080/02604027.2021.1974264

Qiyama as Rebellion, Taqiyya as Hypercamouflage: The Political Theology of Reza Negarestani

Carool Kersten

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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
Journal	World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2021.1974264
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Sept 2021

Keywords

Islam
Religion
Reza Negarestani
Speculative Realism
Theology
War

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Qiyama as Rebellion, Taqiyya as Hypercamouflage: The Political Theology of Reza Negarestani

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