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Zizek, Slavoj, Eric L=====Book Description=====[[Image:The. Santner, and Kenneth Reinhard The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology. 240 p., 6 line drawings. 6 x 9 2006 Series: (RP) Religion and Postmodernism Seriesjpg|350px|right]]
Cloth $48In [[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.00sc 0-226-70738-5 Fall 2005
Paper $19.00sp 0-226-70739-3 Fall 2005In Civilization and Its DiscontentsThe Neighbor, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about [[three]] of the biblical injunction, first articulated most significant intellectuals [[working]] in Leviticus 19:18 [[psychoanalysis]] and then elaborated in Christian teachings, critical [[theory]] collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love oneopens questions that are fundamental to [[ethical]] inquiry and that [[suggest]] a new theological configuration of [[political]] theory. Their three extended essays explore today's neighbor as oneselfcentral historical problem: the persistence of the theological in the political. In "Let us adopt Towards a naive attitude towards itPolitical [[Theology]] of the Neighbor," he proposedKenneth 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, "as though we were hearing it for Eric L. Santner extends the first time; we shall be unable then to suppress book's exploration of neighbor-love through a feeling bracing reassessment of surprise [[Benjamin]] and bewildermentRosenzweig.And in an impassioned plea for ethical [[violence]], [[Slavoj Žižek]]'s " After Neighbors and [[Other]] Monsters" reconsiders the horrors [[idea]] of [[excess]] to rehabilitate a positive [[sense]] of World War II, the Holocaust, Stalinism, inhuman and Yugoslavia, Leviticus 19:18 seems even less conceivable—but all challenge the more urgent now—than Freud imaginedinfluence of [[Levinas]] on contemporary ethical thought.
In The Neighbor, three A rich and suggestive account of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-interplay between 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[[hate]]," Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl Schmitt's political theology of the enemy [[self]] and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In "Miracles Happenother," Eric L. Santner extends the book's exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of Benjamin personal and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical violencepolitical, Slavoj Žižek's "Neighbors and Other Monsters" reconsiders the idea of excess The Neighbor will prove to rehabilitate be a positive sense of touchstone across the inhuman humanities and challenge a crucial [[text]] for [[understanding]] the influence persistence of Levinas on contemporary ethical thoughtpolitical 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 =====Product Details====={| style="width:100%; border:1px solid #aaa;text for understanding the persistence of political theology in secular modernity-align:left; line-height:2.0em; padding-left:10px;" TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction Toward a Political Theology of the NeighborKenneth Reinhard Miracles Happen: Benjamin|width="100%"| [[Slavoj Žižek|Zizek, RosenzweigSlavoj]], Freud, and the Matter of the Neighbor[[Eric L. Santner Neighbors ]], and Other Monsters[[Kenneth Reinhard]]. '''''[[The Neighbor: A Plea for Ethical ViolenceSlavoj Zizek Subjects: * LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM: General Criticism and Critical Theory * PHILOSOPHY: Ethics * PHILOSOPHY: Philosophy of Religion * RELIGION: Philosophy of Religion, Three Inquiries in Political Theology, and Ethics ==Source==|The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology. Eric Santner, Keith Reinhard (Religion and SZPostmodernism Series)]]'''''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. February 14, 2006. {{Footer Books Slavoj Žižek}}, New edition, Paperback, 240 pages, [[Category:Slavoj ŽižekLanguage]][[Category:Works by Slavoj ŽižekEnglish]], ISBN: 0226707393. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [Categoryhttp:Works//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [[Categoryhttp:Books//www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk]]or [[Categoryhttp:Psychoanalysis]//www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226707393/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small>|}{{CBBSZ}}
