THE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AS AN HERMENEUTICAL KEY OF PRESENT- DAY POLITICS.

THE CASE OF GIORGIO AGAMBEN

Abstract

The study is a first approach to the work The Kingdom and the Glory by Giorgio Agamben as an hermeneutical key to present-day politics. As a method, Agamben’s theological laboratory is employed as a means to shed light on the most important political problem of today, according the author, the replacement of politics by economics, an idea akin to Michel Foucault biopolitics, but with which the author has a different viewpoint. To reach its purpose the study carries out a systematic analysis of the main topics of Agamben’s work, The Holy Trinity, providence, divine government and the author ́s criticism. To finish with an evaluation of Giorgio Agamben’s main contribution to the present debate about the replacement of politics by economy.