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Zusatztext This is a well-written! lucid and remarkably comprehensive introduction to a wide-ranging and intellectually challenging contemporary thinker. Exploring the extremities of what it is to be human! and a linguistic animal! Agamben's work pushes at the frontier where divine plenitude can becoming a terrifying absence that makes all our sovereignties and distinctions mere configurations of the will to power. In the gap between these possibilities and ambiguities! Agamben announces a messianic 'yes' to our bare existence. Dickinson's book clearly shows that all of Agamben's fundamental questions are theological in provenance and resonance. So anyone interested in the relationship between theology and contemporary continental thinking should read this...and ponder. Informationen zum Autor Colby Dickinson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (KULeuven, Belgium). Klappentext This book provides a view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his own most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology. Vorwort A view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his own most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology. Zusammenfassung Contains a view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology. This book intends to illuminate such a connection by examining the theologically inflected terms that have come to dominate his work over time, including the messianic, the sacred, sovereignty, and glory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements\Works of Giorgio Agamben\Introduction\Chapter 1. The state of original sin, or On language\Chapter 2. The eclipse of humanity\Chapter 3. The sacred\ Chapter 4. From universal to particular\Chapter 5. First regression\ Chapter 6. Second regression\Conclusion\Coda\ Endnotes\Bibliography
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Colby Dickinson is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, USA.
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This book provides a view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his own most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology.
