Walter Benjamin and Political Theology

Tracing Walter Benjamin's convergences with, and divergences from, influential German legal theorist Carl Schmitt, this edited collection...
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Author: Brendan Moran
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Walter Benjamin and Political Theology by Moran, Brendan

Walter Benjamin and Political Theology

€273,05

Walter Benjamin and Political Theology

€273,05
Author: Brendan Moran
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Tracing Walter Benjamin's convergences with, and divergences from, influential German legal theorist Carl Schmitt, this edited collection contextualizes Benjamin's thinking in the intellectual currents of his time, while also placing him in dialogue with traditions and thinkers from antiquity to the present. At stake is whether Benjamin presents the possibility of a distinctive political theology-a question which the collection addresses without collapsing the tensions internal to Benjamin's thought.

Benjamin's thought has been a touchstone, explicitly or implicitly, in numerous efforts to conceive of a 'new' political theology that is not anchored in legitimizing and preserving power, but in justice and liberation. Benjamin interrogates the political-theological complex from what may be construed as a vantage point opposed to Schmitt. Whereas Schmitt excavates the theological elements in modernity in order to shore up liberalism's illiberal inheritance, Benjamin roots out these latent structures in order to dissolve them and liberate us from their oppressive legacy. This volume's multifaceted contributions explore why Benjamin has been such a fertile source for thinking about political theology beyond - and often against - Schmitt. Benjamin indicates how existing political theologies can be challenged or expanded. This book accordingly makes a wide range of relevant work available for study whilst also opening new perspectives on Benjamin's oeuvre.

Author: Brendan Moran
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 07/11/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781350284340

About the Author

Brendan Moran is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Paula Schwebel is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

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