Political Theology And Its Discontents by K. Daniel Cho, Bot... - 9781350500686

Political Theology And Its DiscontentsAuthor(s): K. Daniel Cho, Botjan Nedoh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350500686, 978-1350500686\nSynopsis\nThe essays in this collection revitalise political theology through the lens of psychoanalysis, unlocking its emancipatory potential and providing new ways to think about the political. \n\nThey are united by a conviction that there is something in political theology worth fighting for. Banishing the misconception of political theology as reactionary or paradoxical, they push the discipline forward by drawing on the insights of psychoanalysis and a re-engagement with theology.\n\nWhile Sigmund Freud was at times dismissive of religion, he also used his inquiry into it to completely re-theorize the political in a way that this books team of leading scholars bring to the fore. Each chapter uses psychoanalysis as a point of departure for serious engagement with.