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Agamben and theology / Colby Dickinson.
Van Pelt Library B3611.A44 D53 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickinson, Colby.
- Series:
- Philosophy and theology (London, England)
- Philosophy and theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.
- Agamben, Giorgio.
- Theology.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Physical Description:
- x, 230 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : T. & T. Clark, [2011]
- Summary:
- Dickinson (Catholic U. of Leuven, Belgium) teases out theological elements in the work of Italian political philosopher Georgio Agamben (b. 1942). He covers the state of original sin, the eclipse of humanity, the sacred, from universal to particular, first regression, second regression, and regression of the divine. T&T Clark is an imprint of Continuum. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 The State of Original Sin, or On Language 5
- The Quest for Language 5
- Falling into a State of "Original Sin" 12
- Beyond the Spectacle of Paradise 19
- The Real Birth of Tragedy 25
- Parody 28
- 2 The Eclipse of Humanity 35
- The Vocation of the Human Being 35
- The Nonmystical Darkness of Potentiality 41
- On Sovereignty 50
- 3 The Sacred 61
- Sacrality and Sacrifice: The Foundations of Political and Cultural Representation 61
- The Figure of "Bare Life," or the Homo Sacer 66
- What Ultimately Constitutes the Sacred 74
- The Halo 80
- 4 From Universal to Particular 83
- The Beginning of the End of Sovereignty 83
- The "Weak Force of the Messianic 86
- An Ontology of Particularity 98
- 5 First Regression 107
- The Principle of Regression 107
- The Day of Judgment 113
- Nihilism and the Lack of Content 121
- Profanation 129
- 6 Second Regression 142
- The Biological 142
- Infancy 148
- Beyond Representation: Envisioning the "Whatever" Singularity in Love 154
- The Quasi-Mystical Encounter with the Face 159
- Conclusion Regression of the Divine 165
- One Last Significant Regression 165
- The Immanence of God 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780567221384
- 0567221385
- 9780567622242
- 056762224X
- OCLC:
- 657604491
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