The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg

[A] concise and consistently incisive presentations of Rosenzweig, Barth, and Goldberg ... Regardless of a reader’s prior familiarity with their work, there is much to be gained by following Björk in his search for a common front of resistance against forms of politics that equate life with a set of biologically determined traits. * Los Angeles Review of Books * This is the most thought-provoking and innovative book about contemporary theology and biopolitcs I’ve read in recent years. An essential book not only for students and researchers but also for anyone interested in the perennial question of immortality from a brand-new perspective anchored in the 21st century dilemmas. * Fabián Ludueña Romandini, Full Professor of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina * What is the purpose of our biological lives? Survival for the sake of the reproduction of more life? Or the redemption of all life, past and future, from the grip of death? Björk shows how the trauma of the First World War led three very different theologians in Weimar Germany to choose the seemingly impossible option. With clarity and passion, Björk explains why their audacious vision for life beyond death remains as necessary today as it was a century ago. * Bruce Rosenstock, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Illinois, USA * The Politics of Immortality includes masterful presentations of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth, and Oskar Goldberg; but its major innovation lies in its discovery of a constellation of counter-Darwinian forces that can be found in the configuration of the three thinkers, each of whom sees in life more than survival. * Peter Fenves, Joan and Sarepta Harrison Professor of Literature, Northwestern University, USA *