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The Future of Illusion : Political Theology and Early Modern Texts.

In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology. In a critique of this contemporary fascination with the theological underpinnings of modern politics, Victoria Kahn propose...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kahn, Victoria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Hamlet or Hecuba: Carl Schmitt's Decision; 2. Sacred Kingship and Political Fiction: Ernst Kantorowicz, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Cassirer, and Walter Benjamin; 3. Machiavelli and Modernity: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Ernst Cassirer; 4. Spinoza and Liberal Culture: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt; 5. Freud's Spinoza/Freud's Illusions; Coda; Notes; Index.