Political Affect and Semiotics: The Kaepernick Phenomenon (original) (raw)

The European Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries was a time of great academic advancement in which the disciplines of philosophy experienced exponential growth. Thinkers such as Rene' Descartes, Immanuel Kant, and Baruch Spinoza emphasized the rational aspect of human experience and thoroughly enmeshed it with the language used to discuss religiosity. Descartes argued that all human knowledge and rationality flows from God. Kant suggested that __________________________________________ Rebekah J. Gordon is a scholar of religion, ethics, and philosophy in the United States. Her work currently focuses on religious rhetoric in the public sphere and its subsequent impact on social movements and public policy. She has worked formerly for both the Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) and the Journal of Religious Ethics (JRE) and currently teaches at Florida State University. She has published articles in the JCRT and the Journal for the Anthropology of North America, and has a chapter in the upcoming Theology and Tolkien: Practical Theology volume of the "Theology and Pop Culture" series published by Lexington Books/Fortress Academic.