O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben

This article proposes to present the diagnosis of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben according to which the government of power and the introduction of duty in ethics are secularised theological legacies. In this sense, the propositions he makes about ethics are related to the notions of potent...

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Main Author: Caio Paz
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/oqnfp/article/view/848
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description This article proposes to present the diagnosis of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben according to which the government of power and the introduction of duty in ethics are secularised theological legacies. In this sense, the propositions he makes about ethics are related to the notions of potentiality and ungovernability. In fact, according to his perspective, the different doctrines that have been given the title of ethics have obscured what, for him, characterises it as such. If, in Agambenian terms, ethics develops in the realm of potency, the governing of potentiality by secularised theological devices has led to a crumbling of ethical experience in modernity. In order to bring it back to its usual place, potency, the Italian philosopher proposes to abandon the notion of government and evokes the notion of the ungovernable.
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spelling doaj-art-ef4d72ab64fb4908a1bd8571cc9866e12025-08-20T03:35:43ZporPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)O Que Nos Faz Pensar0104-66752022-06-01305027730510.32334/oqnfp.2022n50a848O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio AgambenCaio Paz0Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)This article proposes to present the diagnosis of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben according to which the government of power and the introduction of duty in ethics are secularised theological legacies. In this sense, the propositions he makes about ethics are related to the notions of potentiality and ungovernability. In fact, according to his perspective, the different doctrines that have been given the title of ethics have obscured what, for him, characterises it as such. If, in Agambenian terms, ethics develops in the realm of potency, the governing of potentiality by secularised theological devices has led to a crumbling of ethical experience in modernity. In order to bring it back to its usual place, potency, the Italian philosopher proposes to abandon the notion of government and evokes the notion of the ungovernable.https://oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/oqnfp/article/view/848ethicspotentialityungovernableagambentheology
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O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
O Que Nos Faz Pensar
ethics
potentiality
ungovernable
agamben
theology
title O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
title_full O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
title_fullStr O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
title_full_unstemmed O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
title_short O governo da potência e a introdução do dever na ética: a herança teológica da modernidade segundo Giorgio Agamben
title_sort o governo da potencia e a introducao do dever na etica a heranca teologica da modernidade segundo giorgio agamben
topic ethics
potentiality
ungovernable
agamben
theology
url https://oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/oqnfp/article/view/848
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