Citizen-Saints - Shakespeare and Political Theology

Who is a citizen? What is a person? Who is my neighbor? Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, the author unveils the figure of the citizensaint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception.

Info autore

Julia Reinhard Lupton is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Thinking Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life, among other books.

Riassunto

Who is a citizen? What is a person? Who is my neighbor? Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, the author unveils the figure of the citizensaint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julia Reinhard Lupton
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.02.2014
• EAN: 9780226143521
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14352-1
• Pagine: 296
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, RELIGION / Theology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theology, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean