The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) Paperback – 13 Sept. 2011

This book is an essential complement to Homo Sacer which now, in retrospect, is clearly unfinished business. If Homo Sacer is about sovereign power, then Kingdom and the Glory represents a theory of the full articulation of power due to governance. Power indeed is revealed here as the economic articulation of Sovereignty (common auctoritas) and governance (proper potestas).The observation that power is split between absolute rule and governmental, popular complicity is not new. But the revelation that all politics is held in the inoperative economy between the two is THE political statement of our age. This is an explosive masterpiece of political philosophy masquerading as work of theological philology. It forms a major part of a trinity of recent works by Agamben which justify all the attention his work. Along with Signature of All Things and Sacrament of Language the Agambenian critique of the metaphysics of difference is complete: power, metaphysics, language. An immense achievement grounded in systematic philosophical deduction and faultless philological induction.

The book is in good condition, despite small dents. As it was shipped internationally (from the UK to Australia), I don't see it as a significant problem.Regarding the book's content: it's one of my favourite books written by Agamben, alongside with 'Nudities'. If you really want to understand Agamben's work, including 'Homo Sacer' and 'State of Exception', 'The Kingdom and the Glory' is essential reading - and quite a beautiful one too. I did have some difficulties, as I had never engaged with this level of theological thinking before. But it was worth it to do some extra research to understand what was being said.

Uno di quei libri che non puoi non avere e non aver letto, forse in realtà mi sarebbe piaciuto l'hard copy ma sto spendendo così tanto in libri che non è sostenibile, i kindle aiutano molto.

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