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Political Theology and Its Discontents
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They are united by a conviction that there is something in political theology worth fighting for. Banishing the misconception of political theology as reactionary or paradoxical, they push the discipline forward by drawing on the insights of psychoanalysis and a re-engagement with theology.
While Sigmund Freud was at times dismissive of religion, he also used his inquiry into it to completely re-theorize the political in a way that this book's team of leading scholars bring to the fore. Each chapter uses psychoanalysis as a point of departure for serious engagement with political theology, eliciting the radical potential at the nexus of the political and the theological. This powerfully productive approach unearths new strands of political theology and refreshing perspectives on established concepts like universality, ideology, law, authority, the neighbor. Covering ideas from libidinal politics to the political economy of laziness, Political Theology and its Discontentsdemonstrates that a deep and sincere engagement with theology can give us a new view of the political.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2026-02-19
Publication Date:
2026-02-19
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350500682
ISBN13:
9781350500686
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Weight:
493 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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