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Secular Religion - A Polemic against the Misinterpretation of Modern Social Philosophy, Science and Politics as 'New Religions'

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Despite reworking and rewriting 'Secular Religion' for about ten years Hans Kelsen finally withdrew the text from printing in 1964. After long and careful consideration the Hans Kelsen-Institut has now decided to lift the veil on Kelsen's somewhat mysterious last book and to bring 'Secular Religion' to a wider public. In this book Kelsen vehemently opposes any attempt to discredit modern science as failed religion, a view prominently held by Kelsen's former student Eric Voegelin. Any contemporary trend towards a 'new' de-secularization will have to face Kelsen's criticism. Furthermore, as Kelsen convincingly demonstrates, any trend towards a 'new' theologization holds the danger of totalitarianism. In this context Kelsen's text from 1964 offers an excellent contribution to a current discussion.

List of contents

Introductionary Remarks .- Editorial Remarks.- Preface .- Introduction .- Chapter I The Search for Parallelisms and Its Dangers .- Chapter II Doctrine of Progress: and Eschatology .- Chapter III Joachim of Flora s and St. Augustine s Theologies of History .- Chapter IV Gnosticism.- Chapter V Hobbes s Leviathan .- Chapter VI The Philosophy of the Enlightenment .- Chapter VII Hume s Empiricism and Kant s Transcendental Philosophy .- Chapter VIII Saint-Simon s New Religion and Proudhon s Social Theory .- Chapter IX Comte s Positive Philosophy .- Chapter X Marx s Economic Interpretation of History .- Chapter XI Nietzsche the Christian .- Chapter XII Nietzsche the Metaphysician .- Chapter XIII Modern Science .- Chapter XIV Modern Politics .- Conclusion .- Bibliography .- Index of Subjects .- Index of Names.

About the author

Richard Potz, o. Univ.-Prof. Dr., Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Religions- und Kulturrecht, Universität Wien.

Clemens Jabloner, geb. 1948 in Wien, seit 1993 Präsident des Verwaltungsgerichtshofes, seit 1993 zweiter Geschäftsführer des Hans-Kelsen-Instituts in Wien.

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"Zehn Jahre hat der "Vater" der österreichischen Verfassung, Hans Kelsen (1881-1973), das Manuskript zu seinem Buch "Secular Religion" überarbeitet. 1964 sollte es erscheinen, doch der Autor zog es kurz vor Druck wieder zurück. Nun hat sich das Wiener Hans-Kelsen-Institut diesem Manuskript aus Kelsens Nachlass angenommen. Nach 47 Jahren ist Secular Religion nun erstmals bei Springer erschienen, teilte der Verlag in einer Aussendung mit.In dem Buch wendet sich Kelsen nach Verlagsangaben vehement gegen jede Intention, die moderne Wissenschaft als gescheiterte Religion diskreditieren zu wollen. Er kritisiert zeitgenössische Trends einer neuen Desäkularisierung und warnt vor allen Bemühungen um eine neue Theologisierung, die die Gefahr des Totalitarismus in sich bergen." zukunftwissen.apa.at

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Authors Hans Kelsen, Richard Potz
Assisted by Clemens Jabloner (Editor), Klaus Zeleny (Editor)
Publisher Verlag Oesterreich
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2012
 
EAN 9783704662224
ISBN 978-3-7046-6222-4
No. of pages 292
Weight 640 g
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries

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