Veronica Ogle

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781108842594
• ISBN-10: 1108842593
• Artikelnr.: 60009915

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.