Supernatural, Unnatural, Queer: Gratitude and Nature in Islamic Political Theology
This article analyzes the problem of gratitude for the gift of nature from the perspective of Islamic political theology, which it reads alongside queer ecology to arrive at an anti-colonial critique of anthropic sovereignty. In classical Islamic theology, (as in the philosophy of Derrida, Nietzsche...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Political theology
Année: 2021, Volume: 22, Numéro: 8, Pages: 699-719 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Islam
/ Gratitude
/ Écologie
/ Nature
/ Théologie queer
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BJ Islam FD Théologie contextuelle NBD Création |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Nature
B Gratitude B Secular B Queer B Islam B Ecology |
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| Résumé: | This article analyzes the problem of gratitude for the gift of nature from the perspective of Islamic political theology, which it reads alongside queer ecology to arrive at an anti-colonial critique of anthropic sovereignty. In classical Islamic theology, (as in the philosophy of Derrida, Nietzsche and Kant), a gift entails a necessary curtailment of the beneficiary’s sovereign freedom and autonomy. Islamic eco-theology, however, frequently valorizes the exercise of anthropic “vice-regal” power over a “subservient” nature, a power that has historically secured the exile of various non/human ontologies from nature and thence from politics. In their shared exile from nature and normativity, Islam, queerness and indigeneity come to form attachments and alliances that interrogate universalizing accounts of nature and humanity. Islamic theology and queer theory also furnish resources that allow irony and jest to emerge as modes by which the Qurʾān stages its playful political critique of anthropic sovereignty. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1920219 |
