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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
January 13, 2014
Pages
246
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226083872
ISBN-10
022608387X
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$45.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology. In a critique of this contemporary fascination with the theological underpinnings of modern politics, Victoria Kahn proposes a return to secularism—whose origins she locates in the art, literature, and political theory of the early modern period—and argues in defense of literature and art as a force for secular liberal culture.
Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Twentieth-century critics, she shows, saw the early modern period as a break from the older form of political theology that entailed the theological legitimization of the state. Rather, the period signaled a new emphasis on a secular notion of human agency and a new preoccupation with the ways art and fiction intersected the terrain of religion.
Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Twentieth-century critics, she shows, saw the early modern period as a break from the older form of political theology that entailed the theological legitimization of the state. Rather, the period signaled a new emphasis on a secular notion of human agency and a new preoccupation with the ways art and fiction intersected the terrain of religion.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Univ of Chicago Pr (January 13, 2014); titled "The Future of Illusion: Political Theology and Early Modern Texts"
9780226083872 | details & prices | 246 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $45.00
About: In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology.
About: In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (May 28, 2016); titled "The Future of Illusion: Political Theology and Early Modern Texts"
9780226379371 | details & prices | 260 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.10 in. | List price $27.00
About: In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology.
About: In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology.
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