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Zusatztext In his admirable study on withholding power! on power that prevents the worst from happening here and now! Italian philosopher Massimo Cacciari alerts us to a number of difficulties that we face when trying to activate such power in our times. Informationen zum Autor Massimo Cacciari is a Italian philosopher and politician. Howard Caygill is Professor of Modern European Philosophy at CRMEP, Kingston University, London, UK. He is author of On Resistance: A Philosophy of Defiance (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Kafka: In Light of the Accident (Bloomsbury, 2017). Klappentext The first English translation of his work, The Withholding Power, offers a fascinating introduction to the thought of Italian philosopher Massimo Cacciari. Cacciari is a notoriously complex thinker but this title offers a starting point for entering into the very heart of his thinking. The Witholding Power provides a comprehensive and synthetic insight into his interpretation of Christian political theology and leftist Italian political theory more generally. The theme of katechon - originally a biblical concept which has been developed into a political concept - has been absolutely central to the work of Italian philosophers such as Agamben and Eposito for nearly twenty years. In The Withholding Power, Cacciari sets forth his startlingly original perspective on the influence the theological-political questions have traditionally exerted upon ideas of power, sovereignty and the relationship between political and religious authority.With an introduction by Howard Caygill contextualizing the work within the history of Italian thought, this title will offer those coming to Cacciari for the first time a searing insight into his political, theological and philosophical milieu.The first English translation of the political philosophical work of prominent Italian philosopher Massimo Cacciarri with an lengthy introduction by Howard Caygill. The Withholding Power is a provocative interpretation of political theology and Italian leftist thought. Zusammenfassung The first English translation of his work, The Withholding Power, offers a fascinating introduction to the thought of Italian philosopher Massimo Cacciari. Cacciari is a notoriously complex thinker but this title offers a starting point for entering into the very heart of his thinking. The Witholding Power provides a comprehensive and synthetic insight into his interpretation of Christian political theology and leftist Italian political theory more generally. The theme of katechon - originally a biblical concept which has been developed into a political concept - has been absolutely central to the work of Italian philosophers such as Agamben and Eposito for nearly twenty years. In The Withholding Power, Cacciari sets forth his startlingly original perspective on the influence the theological-political questions have traditionally exerted upon ideas of power, sovereignty and the relationship between political and religious authority.With an introduction by Howard Caygill contextualizing the work within the history of Italian thought, this title will offer those coming to Cacciari for the first time a searing insight into his political, theological and philosophical milieu. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Howard Caygill1.The Problem of Political Theology2. Empire and the Katechon3. Epoch and The Eternal4. Quis est Katechon? 5. Excursus: ‘Render unto Caesar…’6. The Church and the Katechon 7. The Nomos of Satan8. The Two Cities9. The Grand Inquisitor10. The Age of EpimetheusNotesAppendix:The Katechon ArchiveBibliographyIndex...
