Divine democracy political theology after Carl Schmitt
Introduction. Political theology and democratic legitimacy in the 20th century -- Carl Schmitt and sovereignty -- Eric Voegelin and representation -- Jacques Maritain and human rights -- Ernst Kantorowicz and government -- Jürgen Habermas and public reason -- Conclusion. "Only a god can resist...
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction. Political theology and democratic legitimacy in the 20th century -- Carl Schmitt and sovereignty -- Eric Voegelin and representation -- Jacques Maritain and human rights -- Ernst Kantorowicz and government -- Jürgen Habermas and public reason -- Conclusion. "Only a god can resist god." Gnosticism and political theology "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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | 2011 |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 298 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780190942359 978-0-19-094235-9 0190942355 0-19-094235-5 9780190942366 978-0-19-094236-6 0190942363 0-19-094236-3 |