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by Jeffrey Robbins| 2011| 227 pages| 0.79296875| English

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Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that the people reign over the American political world like God over the universe unwittingly casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of God According to Jeffrey W Robbins Tocqueville s assessment remains an apt observation of modern democratic power which does not rest with a centralized sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse social force By linking radical democratic theory to a contemporary fascination with political theology Robbins envisions the modern experience of democracy as a social cultural and political force transforming the nature of sovereign power and political authority Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that the people reign over the American political world like God over the universe unwittingly casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of God According to Jeffrey W Robbins Tocqueville s assessment remains an apt observation of modern democratic power which does not rest with a sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse social force By linking radical democratic theory to a contemporary fascination with political theology Robbins envisions the modern experience of democracy as a social cultural and political force transforming the nature of sovereign power and political authority Robbins joins his work with Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri s radical conception of network power as well as Sheldon Wolin s notion of fugitive democracy to fashion a political theology that captures modern democracy s social and cultural torment This approach has profound implications not only for the nature of contemporary religious belief and practice but also for the reconceptualization of the proper relationship between religion and politics Challenging the modern liberal and secular assumption of a neutral public space Robbins conceives of a postsecular politics for contemporary society that inextricably links religion to the political While effectively recasting the tradition of radical theology as a political theology this book also develops a comprehensive critique of the political theology bequeathed by Carl Schmitt It marks an original and visionary achievement by the scholar the Journal of the American Academy of Religion hailed one of the best commentators on religion and postmodernism

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Author:Jeffrey Robbins
Publication Year:2011
ISBN:9780231527132
Pages:227
Language:English
File Size:0.79296875
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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