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Adam Kotsko makes the case for the continued relevance of Christian theology for contemporary intellectual life, demonstrating its vibrancy as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the church, rethinking its often rivalrous relationship with philosophy, and tracing the theological roots of modern models of governance and racial oppression.

Adam Kotsko makes the case for the continued relevance of Christian theology for contemporary intellectual life, demonstrating its vibrancy as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the church, rethinking its often rivalrous relationship with philosophy, and tracing the theological roots of modern models of governance and racial oppression.

How Agamben's thought evolved in response to contemporary political and intellectual events Giorgio Agamben has emerged as one of the most perceptive and even prophetic political thinkers of his era. Now that he has completed his career-defining work - the multivolume Homo Sacer series - Adam Kotsko, one of his leading translators, shows how his political concerns emerged and evolved as Agamben responded to contemporary events and new intelle...

The book shows how Agamben's political concerns emerged and evolved as Agamben responded to contemporary events and new intellectual influences while striving to remain true to his deepest intuitions. Kotsko reveals the trajectory of Agamben's work and shows us what it means to practice philosophy as a living, responsive discipline.

Die hartnäckigste Herausforderung für den traditionellen Monotheismus ist das Problem des Bösen, das versucht, drei unvereinbare Sätze miteinander in Einklang zu bringen: Gott ist vollständig gut, Gott ist allmächtig, und das Böse existiert. »Der Fürst dieser Welt« zeichnet die Geschichte dieses mitunter einflussreichen Versuchs zur Quadratur des Kreises nach: Die Verlagerung der Verantwortung für das Böse auf eines der rebellischen Geschöpfe ...

Adam Kotsko is on the faculty of the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. His most recent book is The Prince of This World (Stanford, 2016).

Adam Kotsko is on the faculty of the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. His most recent book is The Prince of This World (Stanford, 2016).

Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben s influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.

Marrying philological dexterity with analytical acumen, this volume goes a very long way to rectify the often superficial way in which the writings of Giorgio Agamben have been treated in an academic discourse where citation often replaces understanding. The editors and contributors should be commended for providing us, at last, with the intellectual instruments to critically approach Agamben's creation and destruction of a sui generis philoso...

Argues that our fascination with cold and ruthless television characters reflects a broken social contract.

A new theory of the atonement, showing that the Christian account of salvation can only fullymake sense if approached from a social-political angle

A sequel to Awkwardness and Why We Love Sociopaths, Creepiness explores popular culture to examine the worst character trait of all.

Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago. His books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012) and Politics of Redemption (2010).

Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago. His books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012) and Politics of Redemption (2010).

Slavoj i ek's work on Christianity often overwhelms students due to its complexity and usual concepts. This book will assist students in getting to grips with i ek's earlier and more recent works with an eye toward what brings him to an explicit engagement with Christianity.>

Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience.