Opus Dei [[electronic resource] ] : an archaeology of duty / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko
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| Autore: |
Agamben Giorgio <1942->
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| Titolo: |
Opus Dei [[electronic resource] ] : an archaeology of duty / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 264/.02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Liturgics |
| Duty | |
| Ontology | |
| Altri autori: |
KotskoAdam
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| Note generali: | "Originally published in Italian under the title Opus Dei. Archaeologia dell'ufficio." |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Translator's Note; Preface; 1 - Liturgy and Politics; Threshold; 2 - From Mystery to Effect; Threshold; 3 - A Genealogy of Office; Threshold; 4 - The Two Ontologies; or, How Duty Entered into Ethics; Threshold; Bibliography |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with the New Testament and working through to late scholasticism and modern papal encyclicals, Agamben traces the Church's attempts to repeat Christ's unrepeatable sacrifice. Crucial here is the paradoxical figure of the priest, who becomes more and more a pure instrument of God's power, so that his own motives and character are entirely indifferent as long as he carries out his priestly duties. In moderni |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Opus Dei |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8856-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787311803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)