Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine''s City of God

Explores the status of politics in Augustine's City of God by considering the relationship between the earthly city and the political sphere. Ogle is attentive to Augustine's rhetorical strategy and theological vision and her book will be of interest to theologians, philosophers, political theorists, and historians of political thought.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The parodic city: Augustine's account of the earthly city and its logic of self-love; 2. The sack of Roma Aeterna: Pride, custom, and the possibility of cultural renewal in book; 3. Exposing the worldly worldviews of empires, patriots, and philosophers: Augustine's psychagogic strategy; 4. Roman history retold: Situating Augustine's political pessimism within his psychagogic argument; 5. The sacramental worldview and its anti-sacramental distortion: Exploring Augustine's theory of signs and its implications for the two cities doctrine; 6. The status of politics: re-reading City of God 19 in light of Augustine's sacramental vision; Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Veronica Roberts Ogle is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Veronica Ogle, Veronica Roberts Ogle
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781108829496
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82949-6
• Seiten: 211
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Religious & theocratic ideologies