On Agamben, Arendt, Christianity, and the Dark Arts of Civilization

Many progressives have found passages in Augustine''s work that suggest he entertained hopes for meaningful political melioration in his time. They also propose that his “political theology” could be an especially valuable resource for “an ethics of democratic citizenship” or for “hopeful citizenship” in our times. Peter Kaufman argues that Augustine''s “political theology” offers a compelling, ra...