Enactment, Politics, and Truth : Pauline Themes in Agamben, Badiou, and Heidegger

"Antonio Cimino develops a new interpretation of Saint Paul's influence on contemporary philosophy by focusing on the question of how thinkers such as Agamben, Badiou, and Heidegger understand the articulation of faith (pistis) on the basis of their own readings of the Pauline letters. Cimino analyzes both secret or unsuspected convergences and important differences between the interpretations of Saint Paul that have been developed by Agamben, Badiou, and Heidegger. In doing so, he goes beyond an immanent reading of these three authors and shows the shared post-metaphysical horizon in which their interest in Saint Paul should be located. This is the first comprehensive attempt to bring these authors together by critically analyzing their interpretations of Saint Paul's letters."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Enactment, Politics, and Truth explores the interpretations of Saint Paul by Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Martin Heidegger. These interpretations are characterized by substantial thematic overlap that can be traced back to a key subject: the articulation of Pauline faith ( pistis ). Although each thinker approaches the issue from a different angle, they all interpret Pauline pistis by focusing on how it is enacted, articulated, and expressed in Saint Paul's concrete situation. Antonio Cimino sheds light on why Agamben, Badiou, and Heidegger address Pauline pistis and what kind of philosophical motives underlie their readings. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Proclamation, Performativity, and Declaration Chapter 2: Pauline Pistis as a Radical Attitude Chapter 3: Articulating the Political Chapter 4: Pistis Between Truth and Untruth Bibliography Name Index Subject Index "Analyzes the interpretations of Pauline faith by Heidegger, Badiou, and Agamben"-- Provided by publisher