Radical political theology : religion and politics after liberalism / Clayton Crockett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crockett, Clayton, 1969-

Series:

Insurrections.

Insurrections : critical studies in religion, politics, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics.

Political theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1960's, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion. Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions, Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the secular and the religious as a basis...

Contents:

Introduction: the freedom of radical theology after the death of God

The parallax of religion: theology and ideology

Sovereignty and the weakness of God

Baruch Spinoza and the potential for a radical political theology

Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, and the theo-political problem of liberalism

Elements for radical democracy: plasticity, equality, and governmentality

Law beyond law: Agamben, Deleuze, and the unconscious event

Radical theology and the event: Deleuze with Paul

Plasticity and the future of theology: messianicity and the deconstruction of Christianity

Conclusion: six theses on political theology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613008848

9781283008846

128300884X

9780231520768

023152076X

OCLC:

816645130