Miguel Vatter: Divine Democracy | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780190942366 | Divine Democracy | Political Theology After Carl Schmitt | Vatter

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How secular are the political and legal concepts that underpin liberal democracy? Carl Schmitt first coined the term political theology to show the dependency of modern western jurisprudence and political science on Christian theological discourse, and in so doing criticized the claim to religious neutrality of liberal institutions. In this book, Miguel Vatter reconstructs how and why the discourse of political theology was adopted and repurposed by anti-Schmittian thinkers, from Eric Voegelin through Jacques Maritain and Ernst Kantorowicz to J�rgen Habermas, to bolster the legitimacy of liberal democratic government. The book traces the way in which crucial political concepts for liberal democracy--including sovereignty, representation, government, constitutionalism, human rights, and public reason--are transformed when they become part of a discourse on political theology. Vatter's aim is to provide an intellectual history of political theology in the 20th century. His study reveals the overdetermined role that religion plays in contemporary democratic political and legal theory as an ultimate source of legitimacy for government and as wellspring for revolutionary aspirations.

Über den Autor

Miguel Vatter is Professor of Politics at Flinders University, Australia. He is author of The Republic of the Living: Biopolitics and the Critique of Civil Society.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Political Theology and Democratic Legitimacy in the 20th Century

Chapter 1: Carl Schmitt and Sovereignty

Chapter 2: Eric Voegelin and Representation

Chapter 3: Jacques Maritain and Human Rights

Chapter 4: Ernst Kantorowicz and Government

Chapter 5: Jürgen Habermas and Public Reason

Conclusion: "Only a god can resist god." Gnosticism and Political Theology

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780190942366
ISBN-10:	0190942363
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Vatter, Miguel
Hersteller:	OXFORD UNIV PR
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Miguel Vatter
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.12.2020
Gewicht:	0,471 kg