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The kingdom and the glory [[electronic resource] ] : for a theological genealogy of economy and government / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa (with Matteo Mandarini)



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Autore: Agamben Giorgio <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The kingdom and the glory [[electronic resource] ] : for a theological genealogy of economy and government / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa (with Matteo Mandarini) Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
Disciplina: 201/.72
Soggetto topico: Religion and politics
Power (Philosophy)
Political science - Philosophy
Altri autori: ChiesaLorenzo  
MandariniMatteo  
Note generali: "Originally published in Italian under the title Il Regno e la Gloria."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; References
Sommario/riassunto: Why 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 combined
Titolo autorizzato: The kingdom and the glory  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-8166-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781477603321
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Serie: Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)