Description: Radical Political Theology, Hardcover by Crockett, Clayton, ISBN 0231149824, ISBN-13 9780231149822, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In the 1960s, 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 for emancipatory political thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty, democracy, potentiality, law, and event from a religious and political point of view, Crockett articulates a theological vision that responds to our contemporary world and its theo-political realities. Specifically, he claims we should think about God and the state in terms of potentiality rather than sovereign power. Deploying new concepts, such as Slavoj ieks idea of parallax and Catherine Malabous notion of plasticity, his argument engages with debates over the nature and status of religion, ideology, and messianism. Tangling with the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Spinoza, Antonio Negri, Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, and Catherine Keller, Crockett concludes with a reconsideration of democracy as a form of political thought and religious practice, underscoring its ties to modern liberal capitalism while also envisioning a more authentic democracy unconstrained by those ties.
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Book Title: Radical Political Theology
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Radical Political Theology : Religion and Politics after Liberalism
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Christian Theology / Systematic, Movements / Deconstruction, Political, Religion, Politics & State, Philosophy
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.8 Oz
Author: Clayton Crockett
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy
Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
