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Augustine's Political Thought (Hardcover)
Richard J. Dougherty; Contributions by Adam Thomas, Ashleen Manchaca-Bagnulo, Daniel E. Burns, Daniel Strand, …
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This important collection reveals that Augustine's political
thought drew on and diverged from the classical tradition,
contributing to the study of questions at the center of all Western
political thought. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award
Winner Studies on Augustine have burgeoned over the past decade,
but attention has focused primarily on his writings on philosophy
and theology. Less attention has been given to his political
teaching, despite his well-known and influential statements on
politics, most notably in his City of God. This collection of
essays examines Augustine's corpus with a view to understanding his
political thought. Taking seriously what he has to say about
politics, the contributors here begin with Augustine's own
reflections on politics-and often in writings where one least
expects to find such reflections, such as the autobiographical
Confessions, his letters, and his sermons.The contributors then
consider the ways in which Augustine's teaching relates to that of
his predecessors, the classical thinkers, as well as to the thought
of other medieval thinkers, revealing that Augustine both drew on
and diverged from the classical tradition and influenced the
political thought of later medieval and even modern thinkers. This
important collection thus contributes to the history of political
thought and to the study of the questionsat the center of all
Western political thought. RICHARD J. DOUGHERTY is professor of
politics and chair of the Department of Politics at the University
of Dallas.
This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic
theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy
in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single
thinker's reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and
the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together,
these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life
that arise from an attachment to equality, liberty, citizenship,
law, and the divine. Above all, this work aims at recovering a more
complex understanding of democracy, connecting the perennial
questions of political philosophy to the perplexities and crises of
modern democracy.
This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic
theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy
in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single
thinker's reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and
the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together,
these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life
that arise from an attachment to equality, liberty, citizenship,
law, and the divine. Above all, this work aims at recovering a more
complex understanding of democracy, connecting the perennial
questions of political philosophy to the perplexities and crises of
modern democracy.
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