Political Theology

Saul Newman in Professor of Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London.

• Acknowledgements viiIntroduction 11 The Politico-Theological Problem 212 Max Stirner and the Ghosts of the Secular Modern 443 God Is Unconscious: Psychoanalysis and Political Theology 624 Auctoritas non veritas: On the Sovereign 835 Pastoral Power and Political Spirituality: Foucault and Political Theology 1106 Economic Theology 1317 Conclusion: The Politics of the Profane 154Notes 176References 182Index 192

"In Saul Newman's book, the concepts of political theology and secularization illuminate each other, opening an original perspective on contemporary reality. Rather than opposites, they form a single problematic figure revolving around the enigma of sovereignty. From Marx to Schmitt, from Loewith to Blumenberg, from Habermas to Derrida - the entirety of contemporary philosophy is originally reinterpreted through the political-theological paradigm."—Roberto Esposito"This is an innovative look at a subject we all thought that we understood already (but we didn’t). Newman makes a bold and original pitch to show how we turn our back on the theological at our peril."—James Martel, San Francisco State University