Theopolitical Figures
Scripture, Prophecy, Oath, Charisma, Hospitality
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
Av Montserrat Herrero, University of Navarra) Herrero, Montserrat (Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Principal Investigator of the Research Group Religion and Civil Society at the Institute Culture and Society (ICS)
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The book addresses the question of the extent to which theological discourse has been and is relevant to the origins of the meanings, symbols, and realities of some instituted political practices. This relevance has historically manifested itself in the hybridisation of theological and political concepts, images, gestures, and rituals. Indeed, some divine traces could be seen as embedded in institutionalised political practices. Theopolitical figures, then, are other names for God - in the sense of negative theology - that we find in instituted practices within the political realm. The book considers five theopolitical figures: scripture, prophecy, oath, charisma, and hospitality. In the symbolic meaning of these figures, we discern some central questions for contemporary societies, among them: the unconditional character of justice, the unfeasibility of historical expectation, the stability of the given word, the idea of power as a gift, and openness to the coming other as an ethical-political imperative.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-05-31
- Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
- Vikt422 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieEdinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History
- Antal sidor272
- FörlagEdinburgh University Press
- ISBN9781399522892