Category Archives: Derrida

Refusing to be Outsiders: Fanon, Islam, and the (White) Christian West

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Tim McGee

What’s all this about black people and a black nationality?  I am French.  I am interested in French culture, French civilization, and the French.  We refuse to be treated as outsiders; we are well and truly part of French history … Continue reading →

Posted in colonialism, Derrida, fanon, genealogy, Islam, MLK, race, religion | 1 Comment

A Misbegotten Child? Christianity, Postmodernism, and the Secular State

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Tim McGee

Modern Continental philosophy is very much the misbegotten child of theology, indeed a kind of secularized theology; even at present its governing themes everywhere declare its filiation….There are theologians who believe theology has something to learn from and contribute to … Continue reading →

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Beneath theo-politics, the racial other: Cameron and “the Arab” in Britain

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Tim McGee

I have wanted to respond to Prime Minister David Cameron’s last speech on the failures of “multiculturalism” and the plague of Islamic extremism inside of Britain.  Unfortunately, work kept me busy so here are a few thoughts, hopefully not too … Continue reading →

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No More Transgressions: immigration and Christ’s invasion

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Tim McGee

“Subjectivity goes to the point of substitution for the Other…Subjectivity as such is initially hostage; it answers to the point of expiating for others.”  E. Levinas “Totality and Infinity pushes the respect for dissymmetry so far that it seems to … Continue reading →

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