Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-19332-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

Reihe: Recovering Political Philosophy

Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine explores the analogy between the self and political society in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo. This analogy is an important theme in the history of political thought. Attempts have been made to understand the state by examining the soul (since Plato), the body (as in medieval theories of the body politic) and the person (surviving to this day in such concepts as international legal personality). This book aims to reinstate the Augustinian part of the story. It argues that Augustine develops three analogies between self and city, as a society ordered by love: self-love in the case of the Earthly City; divided but improving love in the Pilgrim City; and love of others and of God in the City of God. It supplies thereby an overview of Augustine’s intellectual ‘system’ as it touches upon theology, psychology and anthropology, as well as politics, and also provides a new interpretation of Augustine’s important definition of the republic.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holland, Ben

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: St Augustine of Nottingham.- 2. The Goodnes of All That Is.- 3. The Prideful Soul and the Pilgrim City.- 4. The Unself and the Pilgrim City.- 5. The Saint and the City of God.- 6. Conclusion: Distension, Attention, Extension, Intention.

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Holland is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of The Moral Person of the State: Pufendorf, Sovereignty and Composite Polities (2017).