Beyond Revolution, Beyond the Law: Christian Anarchism in Conversation with Giorgio Agamben
The Christian anarchist tradition and the work of Giorgio Agamben fit within a subversive trajectory of political theology that critiques the state paradigm, while also operating at a distance from it in their creation of a newly imagined political community. This research asks what it could look li...
| Published in: | Political theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Political theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Agamben, Giorgio 1942-
/ Anarchism
/ Christianity
/ Anabaptists
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDH Christian sects VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Sovereignty
B Anabaptism B form-of-life B Christian Anarchism B Agamben B messianic vocation B Political Community |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | The Christian anarchist tradition and the work of Giorgio Agamben fit within a subversive trajectory of political theology that critiques the state paradigm, while also operating at a distance from it in their creation of a newly imagined political community. This research asks what it could look like to conceive of a political community beyond the state, imagined from the subject position of the marginalized. It also seeks a mutually informed path towards the practical formation of such communities, as elaborated through a case study of the Anabaptist tradition. Agamben's concepts provide a renovation of the political themes of Christian anarchism, including the ideas of moving beyond revolution, voluntary exile through the abdication of rights, and messianic vocation. As the space for political praxis within Agamben's work continues to evolve, the Anabaptist tradition provides helpful practices to imagine a withdrawal from the governmental machine as a community of voluntary exiles. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1533200 |