Misrecognitions: Gillian Rose and the Task of Political Theology

This collection brings together prominent thinkers from numerous disciplines to address the legacy of Gillian Rose for political theology today. Roses work is notorious for its eclectic range difficult style and iconoclastic defiance of the conventions of postmodern critical theory. The theologians religious scholars ethicists and theorists in this collection discuss Roses relationship to such topics as the Frankfurt School social theory feminism literature law Hegel Kant and psychoanalysis. They situate her work within the wider context of political theology as it is understood in religious studies and continental philosophy. Though attentive to the theoretical issues raised by Roses work these essays are also engage the role that work may play in political action today examining issues such as refugee immigration in Europe the rise of nationalism and anticapitalist political organizing. The collection is a vital contribution to the rising body of literature on Rose and her importance to political philosophy ethics and theology but it will also serve as an important orienting guide for readers new to Roses work and its demanding style.