“God Has Not Died, He Became Government”

Use-of-Oneself and Immanence in Giorgio Agamben’s Work

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ID22134292
AuthorsBenjamim Brum Neto (0000-0002-6797-0146, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume9
Issue4
Pages112
Publication date2024-07-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2409-9287 • E-ISSN: 2409-9287
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/philosophies9040112
OpenAlexW4401080561
LanguageEN
References cited7

This article delves into the theme of the death of God in Giorgio Agamben’s work from a political perspective, seeking to interpret the notion of “God” in Agamben through the concepts of “government” and “transcendence”. Although Agamben does not extensively address the theme of the death of God, my hypothesis is that by continually dealing with the ethical and political legacy of Western theology, it is possible to conceive the death of God as an unconsummated political horizon, but that it is yet to come. In this sense, the first two sections of the text provide a review of the theme of governance of men and governance of oneself in Agamben’s work, engaging in dialogue with Schmitt, Peterson, Heidegger, Foucault, and Plato, as well as the concepts of transcendence oikonomia, technology, and care. The last two sections of the text explore Agamben’s response to this diagnosis. Agamben’s philosophical proposal is presented through a dialogue with Spinoza and Stoicism, with the central concept being the idea of use of oneself, which is linked to the notions of immanence, Ungovernable, and anarchy

Epistemology · Immanence · Political philosophy · Political science · Political theology · Politics · Psychoanalysis · State of exception · Law · Memory, History, Trauma, Identity · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy

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