The Future of Illusion
Subtitle: Political Theology and Early Modern Texts
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jan 13, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780226083872
Description: Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology.
Notes: Source title: The Future of Illusion: Political Theology and Early Modern Texts