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Radical Political Theology
Clayton Crockett
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Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444. Religion and Politics After Liberalism. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. 216 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; HRAB. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight: 444.
In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion. Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions, Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the secular and the religious as a basis for emancipatory political thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty, democracy, potentiality, law, and ... Read more
In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion. Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions, Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the secular and the religious as a basis for emancipatory political thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty, democracy, potentiality, law, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
216
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231149822
SKU
V9780231149822
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About Clayton Crockett
Clayton Crockett is associate professor of philosophy and director of religious studies at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of Deleuze Beyond Badiou: Ontology, Multiplicity, and Event and Interstices of the Sublime: Theology and Psychoanalytic Theory, and is coeditor of Hegel and the Infinite: Religion, Politics, and the Dialectic.
Reviews for Radical Political Theology
A tour de force that should be required reading for theologians, philosophers, and critical, political and economic theorists alike.
Brent A. R. Hege Radical Philosophy This is a thoughtful, clearly written and challenging book. Philosophy in Review ...this is a valuable work indeed that deserves a wide hearing in theological circles.
Daniel Liechty Religion Crockett... introduces his concept ... Read more
Brent A. R. Hege Radical Philosophy This is a thoughtful, clearly written and challenging book. Philosophy in Review ...this is a valuable work indeed that deserves a wide hearing in theological circles.
Daniel Liechty Religion Crockett... introduces his concept ... Read more