Searching for a Life beyond Law: Agamben, Henry, and a Coming Christianity
This paper addresses the claim that the social orders of Western civilization operate on the basis of the law’s presumed sovereignty over life. I demonstrate how the respective works of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben and French phenomenologist Michel Henry are joined in their concern over this...
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2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2 |
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B Law B Love B Life B Christianity B Potentiality B form of life |
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