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

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

Ogle, Veronica

Cambridge University Press

11/2020

300

Dura

Inglês

9781108842594

15 a 20 dias

470

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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.
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