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The kingdom and the glory : for a theological genealogy of economy and government (Homo Sacer II, 2) / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa (with Matteo Mandarini).
Van Pelt Library BL65.P7 A3313 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agamben, Giorgio, 1942- author.
- Series:
- Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)
- Meridian, crossing aesthetics
- Standardized Title:
- Regno e la gloria. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics.
- Power (Philosophy).
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- Italian philosopher and radical political theorist Agamben (IUAV U., Venice) inquires into the paths by which, and the reasons why, power in the West has assumed the form of an oikonomia, that is, a government of people. He begins with Michel Foucault's account of the genealogy of governmentality, but shows how it fails to be complete, and extends it to the early centuries of Christian theology, which witness the first, tentative elaboration of the Trinitarian doctrine in the form of an oikonomia. His topics include the mystery of the economy, the kingdom and the government, angelology and bureaucracy, and the archaeology of glory. There is no index. The original Italian is Il Regno e la Gloria. Per una genealogia teologica dell'economia e del governo, for which no publication data is cited. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The two paradigms
- The mystery of the economy
- Being and acting
- The kingdom and the government
- The providential machine
- Archaeology and bureaucracy
- The power and the glory
- The archaeology of glory
- Appendix : The economy of the moderns
- The law and the miracle
- The invisible hand.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Italian under the title Il Regno e la Gloria."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780804760157
- 0804760152
- 9780804760164
- 0804760160
- OCLC:
- 671491779
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