The highest poverty :monastic rules and form-of-life /Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko.

Name/Title

The highest poverty :monastic rules and form-of-life /Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko.

Description

Rule and life.Birth of the rule --Rule and law --Flight from the world and constitution --Threshold --Liturgy and rule.Regula vitae --Orality and writing --The rule as a liturgical text --Threshold --Form-of-life.The discovery of life --Renouncing law --Highest poverty and use --Threshold. xiii, 157 pages ;22 cm.

Book Details

Author

Agamben, Giorgio,1942-aut

Place Published

City

Stanford, California

Date Published

2013

Publication Subjects

Monasticism and religious orders--Rules. Monastic and religious life--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Call No.

BX2436 .A3313 2013

ISBN

9780804784054, 0804784051, 9780804784061, 080478406X

LCCN

2012041964

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Carrier type: volumerdacarrier Media type: unmediatedrdamedia