The Augustinian Imperative: A Reflection on the Politics of MoralityRowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 167 Seiten An entirely new interpretation of one of the most seminal and widely read figures in the history of political thought, The Augustinian Imperative is also 'an archaeological investigation into the intellectual foundation of liberal societies.' Drawing support from Nietzsche and Foucault, Connolly argues that the Augustinian Imperative contains unethical implications: its carriers too often convert living signs that threaten their ontological self-confidence into modes of otherness to be condemned, punished, or converted in order to restore that confidence. With a lucidity and rhetorical power that makes it readily accessible, The Augustinian Imperative examines Augustine's enactment of the Imperative, explores alternative ethico-political orientations, and subsequently reveals much about the politics of morality in the modern age. |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adam affirm agonistic respect Alex/ina ambiguity anxiety Augustine Augustine's Augustinian Imperative authoritative authority become chap Charles Taylor Christian City of God command conception constitutes contestation contingency conversion cultivation cultural debate define demand difference dissonance disturbance divine doctrine draws effects elements endorse eternal ethical sensibility evil existential existential resentment experience faith fate fault Friedrich Nietzsche fundamental genealogy Genesis grace h/er Hannah Arendt Herculine Barbin heresy human identity Identity\Difference indispensable insistence interpretation intrinsic moral order intrinsic order invokes issue Job's Manicheanism Michel Foucault Modernity and Political moral economy moral sources mystery myth nature Nietzsche Nietzschean omnipotence original sin pagan paradox Pelagians Perhaps perspective perverse posed possible presented problematic punishment question reading relation resist responsibility rift role s/he salvation Scripture Select Letters snake suffering tactics theme theophany things tion trans transcendental truth uncanny University Press voice Walter Kaufmann words Yahweh Zarathustra
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 144 - It goes without saying that I do not deny — unless I am a fool — that many actions called immoral ought to be avoided and resisted, or that many called moral ought to be done and encouraged — but I think that the one should be encouraged and the other avoided for other reasons than hitherto.
Seite 56 - Behold, I teach you the overman. The overman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the overman shall be the meaning of the earth! I beseech you, my brothers, remain faithful to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes!
Seite xxiv - No authority emanates from them which should make it a duty for those who stand outside of them to accept their revelations uncritically.
Seite 24 - I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." 7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eli'phaz the Te'manite: "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
Seite 122 - It has two faces. Two paths meet here; no one has yet followed either to its end. This long lane stretches back for an eternity. And the long lane out there, that is another eternity. They contradict each other, these paths; they offend each other face to face; and it is here at this gateway that they come together. The name of the gateway is inscribed above: 'Moment.
Seite 145 - For one thing is needful: that a human being attain his satisfaction with himself — whether it be by this or by that poetry and art; only then is a human being at all tolerable to behold.
Seite xxiv - Mystical states, when well developed, usually are, and have the right to be, absolutely authoritative over the individuals to whom they come. (2) No authority emanates from them which should make it a duty for those who stand outside of them to accept their revelations uncritically. (3) They break down the authority of the non-mystical or rationalistic consciousness, based upon the understanding and the senses alone. They show it to be only one kind of consciousness. They open out the possibility...
Seite 139 - What? You admire the categorical imperative within you? This "firmness" of your so-called moral judgment? This "unconditional" feeling that "here everyone must judge as I do"? Rather admire your selfishness at this point. And the blindness, pettiness, and frugality of your selfishness. For it is selfish to experience one's own judgment as a universal law,- and this selfishness is blind, petty, and frugal because it betrays that you have not yet discovered yourself nor created for yourself an ideal...