Divinations

by Daniel M Bell Jr

Overview

As modernity gives way to postmodernity, we are witnessing the emergence of a post-political age. Concepts and realities that anchored modern politics—like nation-states, community, freedom, and law—find themselves under duress from a pluriform terror. Simultaneously, we are witnessing a turn to religion by continental philosophers who seek resources for re-visioning a politics of resistance to this terror. This work engages postmodern philosophers such as Agamben, Badiou, Derrida, Deleuze, Hardt, Negri, and Zizek, seeking to divine both the promise and peril of this pagan plundering of Christianity on the way to articulating a Christian theopolitical vision that holds out the hope of resisting the terror that looms over us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498295383
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	10/27/2017
Series:	Theopolitical Visions , #22
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Daniel M. Bell Jr. is Professor Theology and Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He is author of Liberation Theology After the End of History (2001), Just War as Christian Discipleship (2009), and Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (2012).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 The Politics of Fear and the Gospel of Life 1

2 The Politics of Indifference and the Overcoming of Capital 29

3 Only Jesus Saves: Toward a Theo-political Ontology of Judgment 74

4 The Law Exceeding Every Madness: Excess and the Law of Love beyond Capital 103

5 "The Fragile Brilliance of Glass": Empire, Multitude, and the Coming Community 136

Bibliography 181

Index 191

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Writing with remarkable clarity, Bell develops a critical account of democracy by engaging Derrida, Deleuze, Zizek, Badiou, and Agamben. This is no small accomplishment. At least as important is Bell’s constructive theological proposal for helping Christians regain hope for the future.”


—Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke University

Editorial Reviews

Writing with remarkable clarity, Bell develops a critical account of democracy by engaging Derrida, Deleuze, Zizek, Badiou, and Agamben. This is no small accomplishment. At least as important is Bell’s constructive theological proposal for helping Christians regain hope for the future.”

—Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke University

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