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Auteur(s) : Critchley, Simon (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The faith of the faithless [Texte imprimé] : experiments in political theology / Simon Critchley
Publication : London ; New York : Verso books, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (291 p.) ; 22 cm
Comprend : Introduction. Wilde Christianity ; A simple enough summary of the argument ; The
catechism of the citizen. Why politics is not practicable without religion and why
this is problematic ; Althusser and Badiou on Rousseau ; Why are political institutions
necessary? The "violent reasoner" and the problem of motivation in politics ; The
being of politics, or the misnomer of the social contract ; The general will, law,
and the necessity for patriotism ; Theatre is narcissism ; The authority of the
law ; The paradox of sovereignty ; The problem of civil religion ; Dollar bills,
flags, and cosmic war ; Fictional force : how the many are governed by the few ;
The politics of the supreme fiction ; Why Badiou is a Rousseauist ; Mystical anarchism.
Carl Schmitt : the political, dictatorship, and the importance of original sin ;
John Gray : the naturalization of original sin, political realism, and passive nihilism
; Millenarianism ; The Movement of the Free Spirit ; Becoming God ; Communistic
consequences ; Mysticism is not about the business of fucking ; Do not kill others,
only yourself ; Some perhapses : insurrection and the risk of abstraction ; The
politics of love ; You are not your own : on the nature of faith. Reformation ;
Paul's address ; Troth-plight : faith as proclamation ; Heidegger on Paul ; Paul
and mysticism ; Parousia and the Anti-Christ ; As not : Paul's meontology ; The
powerless power of the call of conscience ; The null basis-being of a nullity : Dasein's
double impotence ; Crypto-Marcionism ; Faith and law ; Nonviolent violence. Violent
thoughts about Slavoj Žižek ; Violence and nonviolence in Benjamin ; Divine violence
and the prohibition of murder ; The resistance of that which has no resistance :
violence in Levinas ; Resistance is utile : authoritarianism versus anarchism ;
The problem with principled nonviolence ; Conclusion. Be it done for you, as believed.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The return to religion has perhaps become the dominant cliché of contemporary theory,
which rarely offers anything more than an exaggerated echo of a political reality
dominated by religious war. Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by
a new era, where political action flows directly from metaphysical conflict. The Faith
of the Faithless asks how we might respond. Following Critchley's Infinitely Demanding,
this new book builds on its philosophical and political framework, also venturing
into the questions of faith, love, religion and violence. Should we defend a version
of secularism and quietly accept the slide into a form of theism--or is there another
way? From Rousseau's politics and religion to the return to St. Paul in Taubes, Agamben
and Badiou, via explorations of politics and original sin in the work of Schmitt and
John Gray, Critchley examines whether there can be a faith of the faithless, a belief
for unbelievers. Expanding on his debate with Slavoj Zizek, Critchley concludes with
a meditation on the question of violence, and the limits of non-violence
Sujet(s) : Sécularisme (philosophie)
Théologie politique
Philosophie politique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781844677375. - ISBN 1844677370 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42743391g
Notice n° :
FRBNF42743391
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