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Carl A. Raschke
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October 2015
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Carl A. Raschke
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Hardback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
October 2015
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For theorists in search of a political theology that is more responsive to the challenges now facing western democracies, this book tenders a new political economy anchored in a theory of value. The political theology of the future, Carl Raschke argues, must draw on a powerful, hidden impetus--the "force of God"--to frame a new value-economy. It must also embrace a radical, "faith-based" revolutionary style of theory that reconceives the power of the "theological" in political thought and action. Raschke ties democracy's retreat to the West's failure to confront its decadence and mobilize its vast spiritual resources. Worsening debt, rising unemployment, and gross income inequality have led to a crisis in political representation and values that twentieth-century theorists never anticipated. Drawing on the thought of Hegel and Nietzsche as well as recent work by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Joseph Goux, Giorgio Agamben, and Alain Badiou, among others, Raschke recasts political theology for a new generation.
He proposes a bold, uncompromising critical theory that acknowledges the enduring relevance of Marx without relying strictly on his materialism and builds a vital, more spiritually grounded relationship between politics and the religious imaginary.
Author
Carl A. Raschke
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
October 2015
Weight
470g
Page Count
208
Dimensions
155 x 229 x 23 mm
ISBN
9780231173841
ISBN-10
0231173849
Eden Code
4324279
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Author/Creator: Carl A. Raschke
ISBN: 9780231173841
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date: October 2015
Weight: 470g
Dimensions: 155 x 229 x 23 mm
Eden Code: 4324279