5-0945 ANTHROPOLOGY AND POLITICAL THEOLOGIES II

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 16:00-17:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Stefania Pandolfo (University of California, Berkeley) and Bhrigupati Singh (Harvard University)

Discussants: Achille Mbembe (University of Wits)

16:00

Introduction

16:15

The Forensic Phantasm: Providential Economy, and the Theocracy of the Secret

Allen Feldman PhD (New York University)

16:30

Des Hommes Et Des Dieux

Gil Anidjar (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

16:45

The Light of the World: Shariati, Shahadat and Intersubjectivity

Khashayar Beigi (University of California Berkeley)

17:00

"Beyond Fear and Pity". Thinking Self-Immolation, Community, and Spiritual-Political Action In Middle Eastern Revolts

Stefania Pandolfo (University of California Berkeley)

17:15

Discussant

Achille Mbembe (University of Wits)

17:30

Discussion

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