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Liberation Theology and Zombies: Paralysis and Praxis

Pemberton, Charlie Samuel Christie

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Charlie Samuel Christie Pemberton



Abstract

In Fredric Jameson's formulation it may now be “easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.” What Jameson suggests is that our current preoccupation with the drama of the apocalyptic belies a deeper paralysis of the imagination, and with this the concomitant loss of actions conducive to a new politics. Jameson's comments here foreground a contradiction in our experience of late capitalism, representations of dramatic rupture which obscure fundamental political stasis. This paper takes Jameson's reflections and the contradiction of action which is also non-action as the point of departure to query the current state of Liberation Theology, particularly the work of Ivan Petrella, to defend the work of Gustavo Gutiérrez, and ask how our contemporary predicament might be illuminated by Danny Boyle's zombie film, 28 Days Later.

Citation

Pemberton, C. S. C. (2017). Liberation Theology and Zombies: Paralysis and Praxis. Political Theology, 18(8), 730-749. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2017.1349985

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 18, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 12, 2017
Publication Date Nov 17, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 12, 2019
Journal Political Theology
Print ISSN 1462-317X
Electronic ISSN 1743-1719
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 8
Pages 730-749
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2017.1349985

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