Creaturely glory: transimmanence and the politics of incarnation

Vassilios Paipais

doi:10.1080/1462317X.2021.1872919

Creaturely glory: transimmanence and the politics of incarnation

Vassilios Paipais^*

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The question of transcendence and its relation to immanence is not new in the history of philosophy, theology, and political theory. Two positions seem to demarcate post-metaphysical political thought on this issue. On the one hand, there is the radical view of transcendence, a hyper-transcendence that is ever more beyond, unalloyed by any mundane thematization. On the other hand, there is the radical view of immanence emphasizing that we should put transcendence behind us and be content with a profaned immanent world. This paper explores how the Christian idea of incarnation, if approached as a transimmanent hypostatic modality that reveals how the radicalism of transcendence is realized in immanence, may offer insights into the syntagma creaturely life. Such a perspective is set against Agamben's alternative elaboration of creaturely life as form-of-life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-200
Number of pages	17
Journal	Political Theology
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	21 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2021.1872919
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2022

Keywords

Creaturely life
Agamben
Incarnation
Hypostasis
Flesh
Glory

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