In the 1960s; the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down; blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism; which supported a neutral; value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political; religious; and philosophical realms; forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion.Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions; Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the secular and the religious as a basis for emancipatory political thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty; democracy; potentiality; law; and event from a religious and political point of view; Crockett articulates a theological vision that responds to our contemporary world and its theo-political realities. Specifically; he claims we should think about God and the state in terms of potentiality rather than sovereign power. Deploying new concepts; such as Slavoj Žižek's idea of parallax and Catherine Malabou's notion of plasticity; his argument engages with debates over the nature and status of religion; ideology; and messianism. Tangling with the work of Derrida; Deleuze; Spinoza; Antonio Negri; Giorgio Agamben; Alain Badiou; John D. Caputo; and Catherine Keller; Crockett concludes with a reconsideration of democracy as a form of political thought and religious practice; underscoring its ties to modern liberal capitalism while also envisioning a more authentic democracy unconstrained by those ties.
#207205 in Books Columbia University Press 2012-09-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.40 x 6.10l; 2.00 #File Name: 0231138636664 pages
Review
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed it. Interesting readingBy A. ThomasPurchased for a student for her International Night Poster Presentation. Then I started to read it. I enjoyed it. Interesting reading.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Mimi Phamvery nice a good book when one need to learn about vietnamese culture history14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Gripping; scholarly; enlightening story of the turtle's claw and what came afterBy James P OllenWhat a pleasure to find a description of Vietnamese history that sticks to source material and has no political axe to grind! The excerpts from long-ago writers are mercifully brief and illustrate relevant issues that tell a classic story of the mountain and the sea; the white chicken and the golden turtle; the north and the south.The maps are superb; although I would have liked to see more maps such as shown in the Landmark edition of Herodotus. I liked the clarity of the modern pinyin spelling of Chinese names followed by their Vietnamese equivalents. The book helped me to appreciate the intertwined myth and non-fiction that is the ancient story of Vietnam. Although I found it at a bookstore; not at ; I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Vietnamese history.
