The kingdom and the glory: for a theological genealogy of economy and government
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1. Verfasser: Agamben, Giorgio (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 2011
Schriftenreihe:Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)
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Beschreibung:"Originally published in Italian under the title Il Regno e la Gloria."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-303)
The two paradigms -- The mystery of the economy -- Being and acting -- The kingdom and the government -- The providential machine -- Archaeology and bureaucracy -- The power and the glory -- The archaeology of glory -- Appendix : The economy of the moderns -- The law and the miracle -- The invisible hand
Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the Trinity amounted to nothing more than a problem of managing and governing the heavenly house and the world. Agamben shows that, when combined with the idea o
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ISBN:0804760152
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