The Architectonics of Hope (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498209434)

The Architectonics of Hope provides a critical excavation and reconstruction of the Schmittian seductions that continue to bedevil contemporary political theology. Despite a veritable explosion of interest in the work of Carl Schmitt, which increasingly recognizes his contemporary relevance and prescience, there nevertheless remains a curious and troubling reticence within the discipline of theology to substantively engage the German jurist and sometime Nazi apologist. By offering a genealogical reconstruction of the manner and extent to which recognizably Schmittian gestures are unwittingly repeated in subsequent debates that often only implicitly assume they have escaped the violent aporetics that characterize Schmitt's thought, this volume illuminates hidden resonances between ostensibly opposed political theologies. Using the complex relationship between violence and apocalyptic as a guide, the genealogy traces the transformation of political theology through the work of a surprising collection of figures, including Johann Baptist Metz, John Milbank, David Bentley Hart, and John Howard Yoder.

Author: Kyle Gingerich Hiebert
ISBN-10: 1498209432
ISBN-13: 9781498209434
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2017
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d