![]() ![]() The free act of will, undetermined by law, reason or interest, appears in the decision for revolution in the maintenance of the state through civic sacrifice in moments of existential crisis in the judge’s decision in applying norm to fact and in the philosopher’s free inquiry into forms of meaning. Kahn’s surprising conclusion is that political theology is fundamentally an examination of freedom. Throughout his examination of American political theology, he rightly insists that we are not committed to law or to life in quite the way we think. Kahn’s focus on other-and specifically “our”-practices of sacrificial death is welcome. ![]() ![]() Given the attention lavished on political martyrdom in Islam over the last decade, Paul W. ![]()
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