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Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Ser.: Opus Dei : An Archaeology of Duty by Giorgio Agamben (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherStanford University Press
ISBN-100804784043
ISBN-139780804784047
eBay Product ID (ePID)167670191
Product Key Features
Number of Pages164 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOpus Dei : an Archaeology of Duty
Publication Year2013
SubjectEthics, Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, Metaphysics, Political, Religion, Politics & State
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy
AuthorGiorgio Agamben
SeriesMeridian: Crossing Aesthetics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Reviews" Opus Dei: An Archaeology of Duty is a bold and engaging book, opening up much fertile ground for future work. I find it to be both insightful and admirable, and a masterly success."-- Analysis & Metaphysics
Dewey Decimal264.02
SynopsisIn this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty , Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with the New Testament and working through to late scholasticism and modern papal encyclicals, Agamben traces the Church's attempts to repeat Christ's unrepeatable sacrifice. Crucial here is the paradoxical figure of the priest, who becomes more and more a pure instrument of God's power, so that his own motives and character are entirely indifferent as long as he carries out his priestly duties. In modernity, Agamben argues, the Christian priest has become the model ethical subject. We see this above all in Kantian ethics. Contrasting the Christian and modern ontology of duty with the classical ontology of being, Agamben contends that Western philosophy has unfolded in the tension between the two. This latest installment in the study of Western political structures begun in Homo Sacer is a contribution to the study of liturgy, an extension of Nietzsche's genealogy of morals, and a reworking of Heidegger's history of Being., In this book, Agamben investigates the roots of the modern moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy.
LC Classification NumberBV176
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