Political Theology: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781509528394 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 180 str.

Saul Newman

Opis

God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. This is the problem of political theology: the way that theological ideas find their way into secular political institutions, particularly the sovereign state.

Recenzje

"In Saul Newman's book, the concepts of political theology and secularization illuminate each other, opening an original perspective on contemporary reality. Rather than opposites, they form a single problematic figure revolving around the enigma of sovereignty. From Marx to Schmitt, from Loewith to Blumenberg, from Habermas to Derrida - the entirety of contemporary philosophy is originally reinterpreted through the political-theological paradigm." Roberto Esposito, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa "This is an innovative look at a subject we all thought that we understood already (but we didn't). Newman makes a bold and original pitch to show how we turn our back on the theological at our peril." James Martel, San Francisco State University

Spis treści

  Contents Introduction Chapter One: The Politico–Theological problem Chapter Two: Max Stirner and the Ghosts of the Secular Modern Chapter Three: God is Unconscious: Psychoanalysis and Political Theology Chapter Four: Auctoritas Non Veritas: on the Sovereign Chapter Five: Pastoral power and political spirituality: Foucault and political theology. Chapter Six: Economic Theology Chapter Seven: Conclusion: The politics of the profane

O autorze

Saul Newman in Professor of Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London