In/Capacitations of Tradition

Scholars have long examined the varied capacities of ethical, political, and theological traditions to engage contemporary predicaments and political crises. This special issue instead problematizes the capacity of tradition, seeking to articulate multiple registers of its incapacity. By shifting our attention from affirming capacity to exploring incapacity, we do not seek to rehearse tired conclusions about the modern interruption of tradition. Rather, we aim to explore both how a tradition’s forms of life and learning are incapacitated and their responses to destruction and discontinuity.