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The political theology of Kierkegaard / Saitya Brata Das.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Das, Saitya Brata, author.
- Series:
- New perspectives in ontology.
- New perspectives in ontology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855--Religion.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Political theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Saitya Brata Das argues that in Kierkegaard's work we find a radical eschatological critique, not only of the liberal-humanist pathos of modernity but also the political theology of Carl Schmitt, that seeks to legitimise the sovereign power of the state by an appeal to a divine or theological foundation.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Spectres of Schelling
- 2 Event and Existence
- 3 Conflagration
- 4 Sovereign Love
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-7415-2
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