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Adam Kotsko makes the case for the continued relevance of Christian theology for contemporary intellectual life, demonstrating its vibrancy as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the church, rethinking its often rivalrous relationship with philosophy, and tracing the theological roots of modern models of governance and racial oppression.
The book shows how Agamben's political concerns emerged and evolved as Agamben responded to contemporary events and new intellectual influences while striving to remain true to his deepest intuitions. Kotsko reveals the trajectory of Agambena (TM)s work and shows us what it means to practice philosophy as a living, responsive discipline.
This book argues that neoliberalism must be understood as a system of political theology that claims to be founded on individual freedom but demonizes anyone who falls short of its impossible standards.
Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben s influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.
Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience.
Presents a theory of the atonement, showing that the Christian account of salvation can only fully make sense if approached from a social-political angle. This title analyses some of the most important and original contributors to the tradition of atonement theory (Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, Anselm, and Abelard).
Slavoj Zizek has been called an "academic rock star." Zizek's work includes extended treatments of key Christian thinkers from Paul and Pascal to Kierkegaard. This book helps students in understanding Zizek's works with an eye toward what brings him to an explicit engagement with Christianity.
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