The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government by Giorgio Agamben

The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government

Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

Giorgio Agamben with Lorenzo Chiesa (Translator), Matteo Mandarini (Translator)

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nonfiction philosophy informative slow-paced
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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...

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