| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Hamlet or Hecuba: Carl Schmitt's Decision; 2. Sacred Kingship and Political Fiction: Ernst Kantorowicz, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Cassirer, and Walter Benjamin; 3. Machiavelli and Modernity: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Ernst Cassirer; 4. Spinoza and Liberal Culture: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt; 5. Freud's Spinoza/Freud's Illusions; Coda; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology. In a critique of this contemporary fascination with the theological underpinnings of modern politics, Victoria Kahn proposes a return to secularism-whose origins she locates in the art, literature, and political theory of the early modern period-and argues in defense of literature and art as a force for secular liberal culture. Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Political theology.
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Politics in literature.
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Theology in literature.
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European literature -- History and criticism
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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European literature
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Political theology
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Politics in literature
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Theology in literature
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226083902 |
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022608390X |
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