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− | In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 19:18 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love one's neighbor as oneself. "Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it," he proposed, "as though we were hearing it for the first time; we shall be unable then to suppress a feeling of surprise and bewilderment." After the horrors of World War II, the Holocaust, Stalinism, and Yugoslavia, Leviticus 19:18 seems even less conceivable—but all the more urgent now—than Freud imagined. | + | In [[Civilization]] and Its Discontents, [[Freud]] made abundantly clear what he [[thought]] [[about]] the [[biblical]] [[injunction]], first articulated in Leviticus 19:18 and then elaborated in [[Christian]] [[teachings]], to [[love]] one's [[neighbor]] as oneself. "Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it," he proposed, "as though we were hearing it for the first [[time]]; we shall be unable then to suppress a [[feeling]] of surprise and bewilderment." After the horrors of [[World]] War II, the [[Holocaust]], [[Stalinism]], and [[Yugoslavia]], Leviticus 19:18 seems even less conceivable—but all the more urgent now—than Freud imagined. |
− | In The Neighbor, three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and that suggest a new theological configuration of political theory. Their three extended essays explore today's central historical problem: the persistence of the theological in the political. In "Towards a Political Theology of the Neighbor," Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl Schmitt's political theology of the enemy and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In "Miracles Happen," Eric L. Santner extends the book's exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of Benjamin and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical violence, Slavoj Žižek's "Neighbors and Other Monsters" reconsiders the idea of excess to rehabilitate a positive sense of the inhuman and challenge the influence of Levinas on contemporary ethical thought. | + | In The Neighbor, [[three]] of the most significant intellectuals [[working]] in [[psychoanalysis]] and critical [[theory]] collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love opens questions that are fundamental to [[ethical]] inquiry and that [[suggest]] a new theological configuration of [[political]] theory. Their three extended essays explore today's central historical problem: the persistence of the theological in the political. In "Towards a Political [[Theology]] of the Neighbor," Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl [[Schmitt]]'s political theology of the [[enemy]] and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In "Miracles Happen," Eric L. Santner extends the book's exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of [[Benjamin]] and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical [[violence]], [[Slavoj Žižek]]'s "Neighbors and [[Other]] Monsters" reconsiders the [[idea]] of [[excess]] to rehabilitate a positive [[sense]] of the inhuman and challenge the influence of [[Levinas]] on contemporary ethical thought. |
− | A rich and suggestive account of the interplay between love and hate, self and other, personal and political, The Neighbor will prove to be a touchstone across the humanities and a crucial text for understanding the persistence of political theology in secular modernity. | + | A rich and suggestive account of the interplay between love and [[hate]], [[self]] and other, personal and political, The Neighbor will prove to be a touchstone across the humanities and a crucial [[text]] for [[understanding]] the persistence of political theology in secular [[modernity]]. |
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− | + | |width="100%"| [[Slavoj Žižek|Zizek, Slavoj]], [[Eric L. Santner]], and [[Kenneth Reinhard]]. '''''[[The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology|The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology (Religion and Postmodernism Series)]]'''''. Chicago: February 14, 2006, New edition, Paperback, 240 pages, [[Language]] [[English]], ISBN: 0226707393. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small> | |
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