02877nam 2200613Ia 450 991045699860332120200520144314.00-8047-8166-410.1515/9780804781664(CKB)2550000000040820(EBL)735413(OCoLC)753704042(MiAaPQ)EBC735413(DE-B1597)563674(DE-B1597)9780804781664(Au-PeEL)EBL735413(CaPaEBR)ebr10484208(OCoLC)1198931413(EXLCZ)99255000000004082020101012d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe kingdom and the glory[electronic resource] for a theological genealogy of economy and government /Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa (with Matteo Mandarini)Stanford, California Stanford University Press20111 online resource (325 p.)Meridian, crossing aesthetics"Originally published in Italian under the title Il Regno e la Gloria."0-8047-6015-2 0-8047-6016-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Translator's Note; Preface; 1. The Two Paradigms; 2. The Mystery of the Economy; 3. Being and Acting; 4. The Kingdom and the Government; 5. The Providential Machine; 6. Angelology and Bureaucracy; 7. The Power and the Glory; 8. The Archaeology of Glory; Appendix: The Economy of the Moderns; Notes; ReferencesWhy has power in the West assumed the form of an ""economy,"" that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the Trinity amounted to nothing more than a problem of managing and governing the heavenly house and the world. Agamben shows that, when combinedMeridian (Stanford, Calif.)Religion and politicsPower (Philosophy)Political sciencePhilosophyElectronic books.Religion and politics.Power (Philosophy)Political sciencePhilosophy.201/.72Agamben Giorgio1942-35813Chiesa Lorenzo777004Mandarini Matteo1053015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456998603321The kingdom and the glory2484641UNINA