Rosy Cross
"The rose in the cross of the present" is a well-known line used by philosopher G.W.F. Hegel in his political philosophy, Philosophy of Right. This anthology takes inspiration from this line in order to develop a "theopolitical conversation", structured in two sections, one political and one theological, and inspired by both Hegel's Philosophy of Right as well as the dialectical concept of Christian Atheism. The result is a work that aims to give body to a tradition that has its unconscious roots in the Protestant Reformation, but which becomes self-conscious of itself through the works of German Idealism in philosophy, and through the Atlantic Revolutions (American/French) in modern politics. The section focused on politics explores the "Question of Right", and thinks through liberal and Marxist theories of the state in capitalism, potential forms of social organisation either mediated by the internet or designed to sublate capitalism, the nature of crisis and contradiction, as well as engages contemporary philosophical and political debates relevant for the future of human civilisation. The second section focused on theology explores the "Truth of Christianity", and thinks through both Christianity and Atheism as a dialectical interplay, the practical embeddedness of these ideas in contemporary theological projects, the ethics of religious and non-religious forms of social identity, the structural tension between religion inside and outside of the church, the existential tension of operating at the intersection of different beliefs, the nature of belief and speculations on the trinity. The anthology features the work of 23 authors and is the result of three years of collective work inspired by courses, conferences, and a peer review process mediated by the online education platform, Philosophy Portal.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note on the Rosy Cross by Cadell Last
Editor’s Note by Daniel L. Garner (O.G. Rose)
Foreword by Cadell Last
PART 1: QUESTION OF RIGHT
Introduction 1: Philosophy of Right by Cadell Last
Chapter 1: Bonapartism is not Bonaparte by Chris Cutrone
Chapter 2: Breaking the Third Information Barrier by Michel Bauwens
Chapter 3: On Vultures by Benjamin Studebaker
Chapter 4: The Christian Case Against Capitalism by Tony Chamas
Chapter 5: Leading a Cooperative, a philosophical conversation with Joris De Kelver
Chapter 6: Communisation in Absolute Capitalism by Dimitri Crooijmans
Chapter 7: From Ideology of Crisis to the Contradiction of Subjectivity by Quinn Whelehan
Chapter 8: Landian Post-Humanism and Reconstituting the Human Whole by Eliot Rosenstock
Chapter 9: Right and the Political Challenge of Immortality by Cadell Last
Chapter 10: Love as Tarrying with the Negative by Rebecca Rose Prentice
Chapter 11: Dialectical Materialism at War by Dimitri Crooijmans
Interlude 1: A Rosy Cross of a Book by Erik Haines
PART 2: Truth of Christianity
Interlude 2: The Corpse in the Machine by Bryce Nance
Introduction 2: Zizek’s Theopolitics by Cadell Last
Chapter 12: History-Heart of Radical Theology and the Theological Unconscious by Barry Taylor
Chapter 13: Introduction to and Speculations on Pyrotheology by Peter Rollins
Chapter 14: Cave Walls and the Unconscious God by Helen Rollins
Chapter 15: Can Atheism Save Christianity? by Jim Palmer
Chapter 16: The Necessity of Christian Atheism by Cadell Last
Chapter 17: “Appearing Heretical” for the Fulfillment of Global Pluralism by Daniel L. Garner (O.G. Rose)
Chapter 18: Pyrotheological Minimalism by John Feldmann
Chapter 19: A Dangerous Curiosity by Edie Hitchcock
Chapter 20: Christian Atheism and the Desiring God of Monotheism by Cleo Kearns
Chapter 21: Towards a Formal Theory of Belief by Dominic Sacranie
Chapter 22: The Phosphorescence Between Us by LaVonne Chantal
Conclusion: Fire Sermon by Daniel Coughlan
Anthology Authors
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Chris Cutrone
The Last Marxist, Professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, founder of Platypus Affiliated Society
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Michel Bauwens
Commons political theorist, author and speaker, creator of P2P Foundation
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Benjamin Studebaker
Political theorist, author of The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut
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Tony Chamas
Political philosopher/creator/writer, Founder of 1Dime and 1Dime Radio Podcast
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Joris de Kelver
Creator/founder of Multiversity, Zarathustrian steward of the commons (Wooncoop)
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Dimitri Crooijmans
Philosopher, dialectical materialist, creator of Actual Spirit and objet lil a
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Quinn Whelehan
Philosopher, writer, aspiring psychoanalyst/psychotherapist
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Eliot Rosenstock
Psychotherapist and writer, author of Zizek in the Clinic and The Ego and its Hyperstate
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Cadell Last
Creator/founder of Philosophy Portal, author of Real Speculations
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Rebecca Rose Prentice
Writer and psychoanalytic philosopher, host of Sex and Society at Philosophy Portal
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Erik Haines
Writer, podcaster, host and author of Integral [+] Facticity, founder of the Metapattern Institute
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Bryce Nance
Science fiction writer and continental theorist, host of Three Billion Nances
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Barry Taylor
Radical theologian, Core faculty at Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS)
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Peter Rollins
Pyrotheologian, creator/founder of Atheism for Lent, author of The Orthodox Heretic
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Helen Rollins
Psychoanalytic and Marxist philosopher, writer and filmmaker, director of A Guide to Making Love
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Jim Palmer
Ex-Pastor, Deconstructive theologian, writer, founder of Center for Non-Religious Spirituality
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Daniel L. Garner
Philosopher and co-author as O.G. Rose of Belonging Again
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John Feldmann
Doctoral candidate in Political Theory at the New School for Social Research
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Edie Hitchcock
Psychotherapist and philosopher, advanced candidate at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
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Cleo Kearns
Scholar, teacher and writer in philosophy, religion, anthropology and cultural studies
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Dominic Sacranie
Writer, poet and filmmaker, studied History at Edinburgh University with a background in poetry
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LaVonne Chantal
Counsellor and small pizza shop owner, works at level of psychological inquiry and lived experience
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Daniel Coughlan
Philosopher, writer, theologian, breathework practitioner, creator of HoleyCow
Rosy Cross at The Portal (May-June)
