Introduction to the Program
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EVENT CANCELLED – “Earth, Gods, and the Politics of Enchantment: A Political Ecology of the Imagination”
Populist politicians and conspiracy cults enchant their followers through fear—of migrants, End Times, or an imagined nefarious World Government—and through promises of a backward-looking and insular social solidarity—of white Christian America (or Europe), Hindu India, et al. This talk presents a “political ecology of imagination” that can help us conceive enchantments that might propel the human imagination toward a forward-looking and expansive social solidarity, one that not only bridges across human borders but embraces an animate and more-than-human world.
Populist politicians and conspiracy cults enchant their followers through fear—of migrants, End Times, or an imagined nefarious World Government—and through promises of a backward-looking and insular social solidarity—of white Christian America (or Europe), Hindu India, et al. This talk presents a “political ecology of imagination” that can help us conceive enchantments that might propel the human imagination toward a forward-looking and expansive social solidarity, one that not only bridges across human borders but embraces an animate and more-than-human world.
Religion for Lunch: “Why Were They Arrested? Religious Leaders and Korea’s 1980 Gwangju Democratization”
My talk will focus on the role Catholic priests and women associated with the YWCA played during a violent attack by the South Korean military on the South Korean city of Gwangju in May, 1980. I will ask why they were arrested, but Protestant pastors and Buddhist monks were not.
My talk will focus on the role Catholic priests and women associated with the YWCA played during a violent attack by the South Korean military on the South Korean city of Gwangju in May, 1980. I will ask why they were arrested, but Protestant pastors and Buddhist monks were not.
