Agamben Giorgio. The Church and the Kingdom

Transl. by Leland de la Durantaye. Photographs by Alice Attie. — London: Seagull Books, 2012. — 64 p. — ISBN10: 9780857420244; ISBN13: 978-0857420244.Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and his devoted fans are not just philosophers, but readers of political and legal theory, sociology, and literary criticism as well. In March 2009, Agamben was invited to speak in Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral in the presence of the Bishop of Paris and a number of other high-ranking church officials. His resulting speech, a stunningly lucid and provocative look at the history and state of the Church and its role in society, is presented here. The Church and the Kingdom is at once a pointed attack on the institutional structure of the Catholic Church and a theoretical excursus on the concepts of messianic time and economy.The Church and the KingdomAfterword: On Method, the Messiah, Anarchy and Theocracy. Leland de la Durantaye
A Note on the Photograph. Alice Attie