The Political Theology of Kierkegaard

Saitya Brata Das argues that in Kierkegaard's work we find a radical eschatological critique, not only of the liberal-humanist pathos of modernity but also the political theology of Carl Schmitt, that seeks to legitimise the sovereign power of the state by an appeal to a divine or theological foundation. Relating Kierkegaard's notion of 'Christianity without Christendom' to the Schellingian eschatological critique of sovereignty, he shows how Schelling's insistence on the eschatological difference between religion and politics is transformed and further intensified in Kierkegaard's critique of historical reason. Such an exception without sovereignty, Das argues, is the very task of our contemporary time.

Author: Saitya Brata Das
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 03/03/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781474474146
ISBN10: 1474474144
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Individual Philosophers
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Religion | Theology

About the Author

Saitya Brata Das teaches philosophy and literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is a former Post-Doctorate Fellow at UFR Philosophie, Université de Marc Bloch at Strasbourg (France).