Glossary
Jiang's phrase for power's ability to impose harm, deny responsibility, and make obedience appear necessary for salvation or safety.
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Logic of empire
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...I'm powerful and you're not. So this is really the logic of empire."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...I'm powerful and you're not. So this is really the logic of empire."
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He defines Augustine's logic of empire as power's ability to harm people and then deny the harm, because the powerful control the terms of reality.
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"...I'm powerful and you're not. So this is really the logic of empire."
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"Alright? Augustine is really using the logic of empire. He's trying to force people to be obedient. Right? Because obedience leads to salvation. Hey,..."
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A source-grounded reading of Augustine as empire's theologian: the Church escapes history, curiosity becomes sin, love becomes disease, passivity becomes goodness, and Arabia appears as the next place where fugitives from authority will prepare...
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