The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

by Giorgio Agamben (Author), Lorenzo Chiesa (Translator), Matteo Mandarini (Translator)

Synopsis

Arguing that Western power is both "government" and "glory," this book reveals the "theological-economic" paradigm at the origin of several of the most important components of modern politics and illuminates the function of consent and the media in today's democracies.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 05 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0804760152
ISBN 13: 9780804760157