| The Politics of Metanoia: Towards a Post-Nationalistic Political Theology in Ethiopia Contributor(s): Teklu, Theodros A. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 3631658508 ISBN-13: 9783631658505 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $84.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Law - Political Science |
| Dewey: 231.042 |
| Series: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines and critiques secular modes of self-writing in Ethiopia that put considerable emphasis on the enactment of national/ethnic identity leading to an equivocal situation wherein the ethos that binds people has been greatly eroded. Its analysis demonstrates that such modes of thought are flawed not only on the notion of the human subject, but also inappropriately position the religious or the theological. The book argues that a theological turn generates theological resources for a social horizon of hope - for the apotheosis of the bond of togetherness - which risks thinking politics in an altogether different way beyond the ethno-national logic. This, as the author argues, paves the way for the possibility of a new political subject and the reinvention of politics. |