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Radical Democracy and Political Theology (Paperback)
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Radical Democracy and Political Theology (Paperback)
Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that "the people reign over the
American political world like God over the universe," unwittingly
casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of
God. According to Jeffrey W. Robbins, Tocqueville's assessment
remains an apt observation of modern democratic power, which does
not rest with a sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse
social force. By linking radical democratic theory to a
contemporary fascination with political theology, Robbins envisions
the modern experience of democracy as a social, cultural, and
political force transforming the nature of sovereign power and
political authority. Robbins joins his work with Michael Hardt and
Antonio Negri's radical conception of "network power," as well as
Sheldon Wolin's notion of "fugitive democracy," to fashion a
political theology that captures modern democracy's social and
cultural torment. This approach has profound implications not only
for the nature of contemporary religious belief and practice but
also for the reconceptualization of the proper relationship between
religion and politics. Challenging the modern, liberal, and secular
assumption of a neutral public space, Robbins conceives of a
postsecular politics for contemporary society that inextricably
links religion to the political. While effectively recasting the
tradition of radical theology as a political theology, this book
also develops a comprehensive critique of the political theology
bequeathed by Carl Schmitt. It marks an original and visionary
achievement by the scholar the Journal of the American Academy of
Religion hailed "one of the best commentators on religion and
postmodernism."
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