Adam Kotsko is een Amerikaanse schrijver die zich verdiept in theologie, filosofie en populaire cultuur. Zijn werk onderzoekt de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen deze gebieden, waarbij hij vaak onconventionele benaderingen en scherpe observaties toepast. Door middel van zijn geschriften probeert Kotsko hedendaags denken te deconstrueren en diepere betekenissen te onthullen in fenomenen die we anders misschien over het hoofd zien. Zijn kenmerkende stijl biedt lezers een verfrissend perspectief op cruciale aspecten van onze moderne samenleving en cultuur.
Adam Kotsko makes the case for the continued relevance of Christian theology for contemporary intellectual life, demonstrating its vibrancy as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the church, rethinking its often rivalrous relationship with philosophy, and tracing the theological roots of modern models of governance and racial oppression.
Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben s influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.
The book shows how Agamben's political concerns emerged and evolved as Agamben responded to contemporary events and new intellectual influences while striving to remain true to his deepest intuitions. Kotsko reveals the trajectory of Agamben's work and shows us what it means to practice philosophy as a living, responsive discipline.