Papers by Nathan Jumper
This essay analyzes the self-reflexive formal structure of Ingmar Bergman's film, Persona (1966).... more This essay analyzes the self-reflexive formal structure of Ingmar Bergman's film, Persona (1966). It shows how the film's commentary on the artificiality of cinema is at the same time a commentary on the subject's alienated existence.
This essay examines the notion of sacrifice as it appears in the economic theory of the twentieth... more This essay examines the notion of sacrifice as it appears in the economic theory of the twentieth century French theorist, Georges Bataille (1897-1962). It connects Bataillean economics to Friedrich Nietzsche's proclamation of the death of God.
This essay traces how piety, sexuality, and motherhood form a conceptual triptych that lends inte... more This essay traces how piety, sexuality, and motherhood form a conceptual triptych that lends internal cohesion to the evangelical construction of femininity. It analyzes how popular sexual tropes sever femininity from the traditional Evangelical view.
This paper evaluates the moral equality of combatants according to the criteria of jus ad bellum ... more This paper evaluates the moral equality of combatants according to the criteria of jus ad bellum and jus in bello. It identifies the precise point of disagreement in Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan's dispute regarding the moral equality of combatants and offering a mediating position.
Publications by Nathan Jumper
Conference Presentations by Nathan Jumper
This paper analyzes the reactions to when Kathy Griffin released an image of herself holding a mo... more This paper analyzes the reactions to when Kathy Griffin released an image of herself holding a mock-up of Donald Trump’s decapitated head. Presented at North Carolina Religious Studies Association, 2018.
This paper considers the question of what psychedelics and religion might have to say to one anot... more This paper considers the question of what psychedelics and religion might have to say to one another and, more broadly, what this conjunction might suggest for a metaphysics of medicine. Presented at Religious Studies Association, 2018.
This paper examines how the affective power of webcam pornography is generated through an entangl... more This paper examines how the affective power of webcam pornography is generated through an entanglement among the viewer, the performer, and the technical platform. Presented at Capacious Conference, 2017.
Axiomatic antinormative approaches in Queer Studies are antagonistic toward normativity and repet... more Axiomatic antinormative approaches in Queer Studies are antagonistic toward normativity and repetition, and thus cannot account for the transformative potential of either. This paper argues that anti-identitarian aims of Queer Studies would be better served by thinking in terms of what Peter Sloterdijk calls a "general anthropotechnics" rather than an axiomatic antinormativity. Presented at University of Virginia.
An argument for how suicide bombings create symbolic meaning by articulating the body in ways tha... more An argument for how suicide bombings create symbolic meaning by articulating the body in ways that transgress liberalism's understanding of subjectivity. Presented at Radboud University, The Netherlands.
Book Reviews by Nathan Jumper
Review of W. Brian Arthur's The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves.
Papers by Nathan Jumper
De Gruyter eBooks, Sep 12, 2016
Essays in Philosophy, 2012
Brian Arthur begins his book with a commentary on the dearth of useful literature on the nature o... more Brian Arthur begins his book with a commentary on the dearth of useful literature on the nature of technology: "Technology in fact is one of the most completely known parts of the human experience. Yet of its essence-the deep nature of its being-we know little" (13).
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Papers by Nathan Jumper
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