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St. Augustine of Hippo - The Christian Transformation of Political Philosophy (Hardcover)
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St. Augustine of Hippo - The Christian Transformation of Political Philosophy (Hardcover)
Series: Continuum Studies in Philosophy
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St Augustine of Hippo was the earliest thinker to develop a
distinctively Christian political and social philosophy. He does so
mainly from the perspective of Platonism and Stoicism; but by
introducing the biblical and Pauline conceptions of sin, grace and
predestination he radically transforms the 'classical'
understanding of the political. Humanity is not perfectible through
participation in the life of a moral community; indeed, there are
no moral communities on earth. Humankind is fallen; we are slaves
of self-love and the destructive impulses generated by it. The
State is no longer the matrix within which human beings can achieve
ethical goods through co-operation with other rational and moral
beings. Augustine's response to classical political assumptions and
claims therefore transcends 'normal' radicalism. His project is not
that of drawing attention to weaknesses and inadequacies in our
political arrangements with a view to recommending their abolition
or improvement. Nor does he adopt the classical practice of
delineating an ideal State. To his mind, all States are imperfect:
they are the mechanisms whereby an imperfect world is regulated.
They can provide justice and peace of a kind, but even the best
earthly versions of justice and peace are not true justice and
peace. It is precisely the impossibility of true justice on earth
that makes the State necessary. Robert Dyson's new book describes
and analyses this 'transformation' in detail and shows Augustine's
enormous influence upon the development of political thought down
to the thirteenth century.
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