Foucault and theology
"Near the end of his life, Michel Foucault turned his attention to the early church Fathers. He did so not for anything like a return to God but rather because he discovered there new sources of the self. And while Foucault never seriously entertained Christianity beyond theorizing its aesthetic powers, one might argue that Christrian practices of self-giving, especially within the context of late captialism, share family resemblances with Foucauldian notions of self-care. By examining these re…
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- Full title :Foucault and theology / Jonathan Tran.
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"Near the end of his life, Michel Foucault turned his attention to the early church Fathers. He did so not for anything like a return to God but rather because he discovered there new sources of the self. And while Foucault never seriously entertained Christianity beyond theorizing its aesthetic powers, one might argue that Christrian practices of self-giving, especially within the context of late captialism, share family resemblances with Foucauldian notions of self-care. By examining these resemblances, and the differences they make clear, this book offers Foucauldian reasons for Christian hope." -- Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2011
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- Publisher(s):T & T Clark
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
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"A Continuum imprint."
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 211 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780567033437, 0567033430, 9780567033420, 0567033422
- oclc:ocn697599772
- LC Classification:B2430.F724
- Dewey Decimal:291
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Power -- Capitalism, totality, and resistance -- Biography and biopolitics -- Writing the self -- Self-care : the case of animals -- Postscript.
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