Lessons in Secular Criticism

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Lessons in Secular Criticism advisory board Andrew Benjamin Richard J. Bernstein Peg Birmingham Adriana Cavarero Moira Gatens Peggy Kamuf Jeff Malpas Martin McQuillan Henry Sussman Peter Szendy Samuel Weber Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society These annual lectures aim to be theoretical in nature, but also to engage a general audience on questions about politics and society. The lectures are organized by the University of Western Sydney, in collaboration with ABC Radio National, the State Library of New South Wales, and Fordham University Press. book series editor Dimitris Vardoulakis lecture series executive committee Chair: Dimitris Vardoulakis Christopher Peterson Joe Gelonesi Helen Tartar Lessons in Secular Criticism stathis gourgouris fordham university press New York 2013 Copyright © 2013 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 First edition to my nephews, Orestis and Iason, to my son, Petros, and to the youth of the world, whom my generation has failed ...