The Political Theology of the "Jewish Question"

This class explores the theologico-political predicament of European modernity: the modern problem of negotiating seemingly insoluble social and political tensions often rooted in purportedly absolute norms and claims. Tracing the interwoven problems of race, religion, and secularism in the European “Jewish Question,” we will inquire into the possibilities for alternative, fugitive modes of being for racialized people. Authors include Arendt, Carter, Derrida, Du Bois, Fanon, Sartre, Schmitt, Strauss and Wilderson, Wynter.