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Adam Kotsko
Kotsko in 2011
Born (1980-07-19) July 19, 1980 (age 44)
Flint, Michigan, US
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisAtonement and Ontology (2009)
Doctoral advisorTed Jennings
Influences
Academic work
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Sub-disciplinePolitical theology
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Adam Kotsko (born 1980) is an American theologian, religious scholar, culture critic, and translator, working in the field of political theology. He served as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago, which was absorbed into North Central College in 2017. He writes about philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben, as well as American pop culture.

Early life and education

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Adam Kotsko was born on July 19, 1980,[citation needed] in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Davison.[3][4]

Kotsko earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, in 2002.[3][5] From there, he went on to the Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS), where he completed a Master of Arts degree in religious studies in 2005, with a thesis in the form of a translation and commentary on Jacques Derrida's essay "Literature in Secret: An Impossible Filiation".[6]

Kotsko completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology, ethics, and culture at CTS in 2009.[5] His doctoral dissertation was titled Atonement and Ontology.[7][8] A modified version of his dissertation was published by Continuum International Publishing Group in 2010 under the title of The Politics of Redemption: The Social Logic of Salvation.[9]

Career

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After completing his doctorate in 2009, Kotsko taught for two years at Kalamazoo College, a liberal arts college in Michigan.[10][11] In 2011, Kotsko was hired by Shimer College, a small great-books college in Chicago.[12]

Kotsko at the Shimer College commencement ceremony in Chicago in May 2012

Kotsko has written on the philosopher Slavoj Žižek, including a 2008 book titled Žižek and Theology[13] and a 2012 article in the Los Angeles Review of Books.[14] His other works include The Politics of Redemption: The Social Logic of Salvation[15] and a translation of Giorgio Agamben's The Sacrament of Language: An Archaeology of the Oath.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Greenaway, Jon (May 23, 2018). "Review: The Prince of this World, by Adam Kotsko; Part One". TheLitCritGuy. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Kotsko, Adam (April 26, 2009). "Narrative CV: Adam Kotsko". An und für sich. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Norman Geras (2004-08-06). "The normblog profile 46: Adam Kotsko". Normblog. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  4. ^ Adam Kotsko (2010-03-19). "Red Toryism: The British Invasion". An und für sich. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  5. ^ a b "Adam Kotsko". Shimer College. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  6. ^ An Impossible Filiation by Jacques Derrida: Translation and Commentary. OCLC 76942979 – via Worldcat.. Text of translation.
  7. ^ Kotsko, Adam (2009). Atonement and Ontology (PhD thesis). Chicago: Chicago Theological Seminary. OCLC 456250141.
  8. ^ Adam Kotsko (2009-02-11). "My Dissertation: "Atonement and Ontology"". An und für sich. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  9. ^ Adam Kotsko (2010). The Politics of Redemption: The Social Logic of Salvation. Bloomsbury Academic. p. vii. ISBN 978-0567185662.
  10. ^ Adam Kotsko. "CVs: Adam Kotsko". An und für sich. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  11. ^ Adam Kotsko (2011-04-25). "An announcement". An und für sich. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  12. ^ "Shimer Hires Three New Faculty Members" (PDF). Shimer College. 2011-06-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  13. ^ Tester, Keith (September 2009). New Blackfriars. 90 (1029): 628–630. doi:10.1111/j.1741-2005.2009.01312_6.x. ISSN 0028-4289. JSTOR 43251338.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  14. ^ Adam Kotsko (2012-09-02). "How to Read Žižek". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  15. ^ Elgendy, Rick (2011). The Journal of Religion. 91 (4): 567–569. doi:10.1086/662400. ISSN 0022-4189.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  16. ^ Tell, Dave (2012). Philosophy & Rhetoric. 45 (4): 452–459. doi:10.5325/philrhet.45.4.0452. ISSN 0031-8213.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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