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5. States of Nature: The Jubilee and the Social Contract
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Robert A. Yelle
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- 1. The Antinomian Sacred as a Political Category: Toward a Theory of Religion as Sovereignty 9
- 2. The Disenchantment of Charisma: The Theological Origins of Secular Polity 37
- 3. The Ambivalence of the Sovereign Ban: The Homo Sacer and the Biblical Herem 74
- 4. Sacrifice, or the Religious Mode of Production 98
- 5. States of Nature: The Jubilee and the Social Contract 126
- 6. No Deposit, No Return: Religious Rejections of Exchange 156
- Conclusion: Exit Signs 184
- Notes 189
- Bibliography 243
- Index 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- 1. The Antinomian Sacred as a Political Category: Toward a Theory of Religion as Sovereignty 9
- 2. The Disenchantment of Charisma: The Theological Origins of Secular Polity 37
- 3. The Ambivalence of the Sovereign Ban: The Homo Sacer and the Biblical Herem 74
- 4. Sacrifice, or the Religious Mode of Production 98
- 5. States of Nature: The Jubilee and the Social Contract 126
- 6. No Deposit, No Return: Religious Rejections of Exchange 156
- Conclusion: Exit Signs 184
- Notes 189
- Bibliography 243
- Index 265
