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In this intelligent and important book Andityas Matos presents a thesis that is perfectly understandable and agreeable: politics cannot free itself from an implicit or explicit reference to religious transcendence. In this way, post-structuralist and post-colonial critical thought engages with political theology by seeking a non-authoritarian origin of politics, thereby bringing forth in this work a democratic approach to political theology, articulated in a compelling and innovative manner. Another noteworthy aspect is the author’s critical attention to old and new forms of anti-democratic and foundationalist political theology, such as the sacralisation of politics and economics and the politicisation of religion. Against this, the author presents the idea of democracy as a way of life that embraces the transcendent dimension in order to avoid falling into structures of domination. * Carlo Galli, University of Bologna *

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Andityas Matos is professor of philosophy of law at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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