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Conspirituality

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Reactionary Centrism and Performative Transcendence

White Buddhists claimed to be apolitical while mobilizing conservative assumptions, values and strategies. "Reactionary centrism" is a kind of conservative ideological stance that sees itself as transcendent of ideology or politics. What about performative transcendence? It's basically the spiritual equivalent of reactionary centrism," says Hirt-Wertes.

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