Nietzsche develops three important genealogies of central aspects Christianity: one concerning a certain syncretism between Judaism and the cult Dionysus; second “slave revolt in morality”; third doctrines about an otherworld (God, afterlife, etc.). In each case, his genealogy appears implausible or even perverse at first sight, but on closer examination turns out to be very historically plausi...

I analyze Shakespeare’s racialization of noise in The Tempest as an acousmatic phenomenon and suggest how the — sound whose source remains hidden is imagined a weapon resistance that racialized noisome Other could use to resist aristocratic colonial power. play echoes Algonquian-speaking Powhatan singing Tsenacommacah mode warfare against English Virginia 1611 with Caliban his companions’ (Step...

Dirven’s contribution deals with an episode narrated in the Diaries which has not obtained deserved attention from scholars and whose implications concerning religious life of late Babylon are extremely interesting. In 133 BC a boatman entered claimed to be messenger goddess Nanāya. He began preach street was welcome by enthusiast crowd citizens. Finally, his popularity open conflict Temples’ a...