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Political Life in Dark Times
A Call for RenewalFaith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key
44,99 € |
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Verlag: | Lexington Books |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 10.12.2020 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781793634542 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 106 |
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<p><span>Against the background of the present political and cultural disarray, this book asks: What can be learned from past historical examples of such decay? How can political life be restored now to its original purpose: the promotion of the "good life" or the "common good?" Taking up these key questions, the volume performs a deep dive into the historical and literary record, tracing out the collision of institutions and society, and the development of philosophical and ethical accounts of what constitutes politics, the state, the public, and individuals. Throughout history, there have been a multiple trajectories for understanding the basic relationship between the state, power, society, and the ethical: the multivalent theories, unsurprisingly, have clashed and created rifts. At the same time, despite conflict and tumult, from ancient Athens and Tudor England, to the rise of fascism and authoritarianism in the previous and current centuries, a riptide of hope and praxes has endured that grounds the possibility of a society founded on solidarity. Towards this end, Fred Dallmayr pleads for the renewal of politics through the legacy of the "cardinal virtues" acting as chief remedy for the present disarray.</span></p>
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<p><span>This book discusses how the traditional democratic institutions seem to be falling apart or operate in mutual contradiction in the U.S. Guiding "values" no longer serve the common good but give rise to sharp hostility and violence. The same disarray prevails in international politics. A remedy is desperately needed.</span></p>
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<p><span>Preface</span></p>
<ol start="1">
<li><span>Introduction:</span></li>
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<p><span>Political Education in Dark Times</span></p>
<ol start="2">
<li><span>Loyalties in Tension:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>A New Socratic Apology?</span></p>
<ol start="3">
<li><span>Nation-State and Ethical Community: </span></li>
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<p><span>Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?</span></p>
<ol start="4">
<li><span>Liberating Remembrance:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Politics and Recollection</span></p>
<ol start="5">
<li><span>Ethics and Modern Politics:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Humanism and Orthopraxis</span></p>
<ol start="6">
<li><span>Twilight of Modern Idols:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Lessons of the Global Pandemic</span></p>
<ol start="7">
<li><span>Some Conclusions: </span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Renewal of Virtue</span></p>
<p><span>Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………..</span></p>
<p><span>About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………</span></p>
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<ol start="1">
<li><span>Introduction:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Political Education in Dark Times</span></p>
<ol start="2">
<li><span>Loyalties in Tension:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>A New Socratic Apology?</span></p>
<ol start="3">
<li><span>Nation-State and Ethical Community: </span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?</span></p>
<ol start="4">
<li><span>Liberating Remembrance:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Politics and Recollection</span></p>
<ol start="5">
<li><span>Ethics and Modern Politics:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Humanism and Orthopraxis</span></p>
<ol start="6">
<li><span>Twilight of Modern Idols:</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Lessons of the Global Pandemic</span></p>
<ol start="7">
<li><span>Some Conclusions: </span></li>
</ol>
<p><span>Renewal of Virtue</span></p>
<p><span>Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………..</span></p>
<p><span>About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………</span></p>
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