Debt and guilt : a political philosophy / Elettra Stimilli ; translated by Stefania Porcelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stimilli, Elettra, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury political theologies

Standardized Title:

Debito e colpa. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Debt--Philosophy.

Debt.

Debt--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Debt--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics.

Christianity.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vi, 176 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Language Note:

Translated from Italian.

Contents:

1 Debt: Between appropriation, exchange, and gift p. 7

The problematic context p. 7

Appropriation p. 10

Exchange p. 19

Gift p. 28

Debt p. 32

2 An open question p. 39

The neoliberal turn p. 39

The society of generalized debt p. 46

The paradigm of man in debt p. 54

3 Between political theology and economic theology p. 61

Beyond, the boundaries of economic science p. 61

Religion, politics, and economics p. 65

"Faith" in the era of the predominance of finance p. 72

Debt and sacrifice p. 76

Guilt and violence: At the origin of juridical power p. 80

4 The religion of debt p. 89

Bare life and the law p. 89

Capitalism: A cult with no theology p. 94

Economy and regulatory experimentation p. 101

The invention of oikonomia p. 108

Debt as investment p. 116

5 The psychic life of debt p. 125

The guilt of being in debt p. 125

Establishing the rule: Psychic dimension and social sphere p. 132

Feminism and neoliberalism p. 138

The mystery of guilt and the psychic life of power p. 145

Envisioning new ways of assuming power p. 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1350063428

9781350063426

1350063436

9781350063433

OCLC:

1029205962