Political theology: demystifying the universal
Diamantides, Marinos and Schütz, Anton (2017) Political theology: demystifying the universal. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748697779.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Can secularisation in the legal and political domains settle modernity’s scores with religion? Anton Schütz and Marinos Diamantides provide a genealogical mapping of the universalisation/secularisation thesis that is both widely saluted and mistrusted as master narrative of modern political and normative history. Questions the outdated suggestions of Carl Schmitt’s political theology Builds upon a refined version of Giorgio Agamben’s close-reading of Christian government as management Identifies Western-Christian tensions within jurisprudence Concludes that what the West’s secular universality is passing off as 'politics' or 'law' is really an attempt to manage its own dwindling primacy
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| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2018 17:15 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/25109 |
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