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Genealogies of political modernity / Antonio Cerella.

"What is political modernity? And how much of its concepts and structures has changed or remained the same with the advent of the so-called globalization? What does it mean, from a political perspective, that we live in a postmodern era? This book discusses these issues in light of the key auth...

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Main Author: Cerella, Antonio (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Bloomsbury political theologies.
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
Postmodernism.
Poststructuralism.
Philosophy, Modern > 20th century.
Philosophy, Modern.
Philosophy, Modern
Political science > Philosophy
Postmodernism
Poststructuralism
1900-1999
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Walking Tree
  • Part I: On Sovereignty:
  • 1. Rex sacrorum: On the Origins and Evolution of Sovereign Power
  • 2. Space and Sovereignty: A Reverse Perspective
  • Part II: Political Theologies
  • 3. Encounters at the End of a World: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and the Tyranny of Values
  • 4. Until the End of the World: René Girard, Carl Schmitt, and the Origins of Violence
  • 5. Religion and Political Form: Schmitt contra Habermas
  • Part III: History and Archaeology:
  • 6. The Myth of Origin: Archaeology and History in the Work of Giorgio Agamben and René Girard
  • 7. Imago mortis, imago Dei: An Archaeology of Political Sacrifice
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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