ENGL 6273

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ENGL 6273
Sovereignty II: Literature and the Problem of Political Theology

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The seminar focuses on one of the most complex and pressing problems of our time: political theology. Historically defined in different ways, political theology is a discourse that links sacred and secular sources of authority - faith, and reason - in order to ground community in a language of legitimacy. Variously articulated in antiquity by Marcus Varro and others and crucially reformulated by Augustine in City of God, political theology identifies the sources of authority, describes their relation to each other, and explores their worldly administration and organization. Its analysis leads directly to political institutions, cultural practices, behaviors, beliefs and economic structures. Related topics include sovereignty, sacrifice, exception, enmity, secularization, translation, biopolitics, conversion, embodiment and metaphor.


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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8556 ENGL 6273   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person