Church and the Kingdom

Name: Church and the Kingdom
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ISBN: 9780857420244

ISBN-10: 0857420240

ISBN-13: 9780857420244

Edition: 2012

Authors: Giorgio Agamben, Leland de la Durantaye

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Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and his devoted fans are not just philosophers, but readers of political and legal theory, sociology, and literary criticism as well. In March 2009, Agamben was invited to speak in Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral in the presence of the Bishop of Paris and a number of other high-ranking church officials. His resulting speech, a stunningly lucid and provocative look at the history and state of the Church and its role in society, is presented here.The Church and its Reign is at once a pointed attack on the institutional structure of the Catholic Church and a theoretical excursus on…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Seagull Books
Publication date: 6/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 0.58" wide x 0.78" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Giorgio Agamben is the author of more than fifteen books on topics ranging from aesthetics to poetics, ontology to political philosophy. He is best known for hisï¿½Homo Sacerï¿½series.ï¿½He recently retired from theï¿½Universitï¿½ Iuav di Venezia.

Leland de la Durantaye is Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of English at Harvard University.