Umfang:
viii, 298 Seiten
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23,5 cm
ISBN:
9780190942359
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9780190942366
Inhalt:
"The 'return of religion' in the public sphere and the emergence of post-secular societies have propelled the discourse of political theology into the centre of contemporary democratic theory. This situation calls forth the question addressed in this book: Is a democratic political theology possible? Carl Schmitt first developed the idea of the Christian theological foundations of modern legal and political concepts in order to criticize the secular basis of liberal democracy. He employed political theology to argue for the continued legitimacy of the absolute sovereignty of the state against the claims raised by pluralist and globalized civil society. This book shows how, after Schmitt, some of the main political theorists of the 20th century, from Jacques Maritain to Jürgen Habermas, sought to establish an affirmative connection between Christian political theology, popular sovereignty and the legitimacy of democratic government. In so doing, the political representation of God in the world was no longer placed in the hands of hierarchical and sovereign lieutenants (Church, Empire, Nation), but in a series of democratic institutions, practices and conceptions like direct representation, constitutionalism, universal human rights, and public reason that reject the primacy of sovereignty"--
Anmerkung:
Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis: Seite 257-283
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780190942380
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780190942397
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Vatter, Miguel E. Divine democracy New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9780190942397
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
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Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
,
Philosophie
Schlagwort(e):
Schmitt, Carl 1888-1985
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Politische Theologie
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Voegelin, Eric 1901-1985
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Maritain, Jacques 1882-1973
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Kantorowicz, Ernst 1895-1963
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Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
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Christentum
;
Politik
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Literaturverzeichnis
Mehr zum Autor:
Maritain, Jacques 1882-1973
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Schmitt, Carl 1888-1985
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Voegelin, Eric 1901-1985
Mehr zum Autor:
Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
Mehr zum Autor:
Kantorowicz, Ernst 1895-1963
