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Politics of Salvation

The Hegelian Idea of State

Häftad, Engelska, 1985

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The Politics of Salvation takes a radical stance: it focuses on the significance of the state in the Hegelian system when it is viewed as inspired and motivated by the Christian notion of God. The book thus makes connections between Hegel's political philosophy and his explicit appropriation of Christianity's incarnational mode of thinking. In unfolding the implications of this position, Lakeland shows how Hegel's thought can offer the basis for a non-dualistic account of the human being as religious and political. This conjunction allows for a theology which sees politics as the arena of salvation providing a practical religious outlook relevant to the contemporary world and, in particular, to the commitments of Latin America's liberation theology.The author writes: "If Hegel can be understood (as he frequently expressed himself) as expressing conceptually in speculative philosophy what religion expresses in the form of image and representation, then the covenantal demands of justice and freedom from oppression, the Christian struggle for a free and authentic humanity, and Christian hope in the kingdom of God, will all find their counterpart in the Hegelian system." Thus this Hegelian political theology can "illuminate the connections between the expectation of salvation and the struggle for liberation."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1985-06-30
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Hegelian Studies
Antal sidor197
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780873958479

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION: HEGEL AND LIBERATIVE PRAXIS I. THE STATE IN THE SYSTEM II. THE STATE Objective and Absolute GeistEthical Substance: the Tension Between Individual and StateState and History III. RELIGION What is Religion for Hegel?What is Christianity for Hegel?Religion and the StateWill Religion Last? Its Relation to Philosophy IV. CHRISTIANITY AND SECULARIZATION God-conceptsThe Autonomy of the SecularSecularization and Incarnation V. POLITICS AS SALVATION Praxis: the Dialectic of Individual and CommunityThe Dialects of Kingdom and WorldVolksgeist and Weltgeist: the Dialectic of State and WorldLiberative Praxis: A Practical Postscript VI. A THEOLOGICAL POSTSCRIPT Prayer and PoliticsThe Church and the StateOptimism and Evil NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

"The combination of extensive and accurate scholarship with an acute critical capacity enables Lakeland to see directions in which Hegel's thought is moving, so that it is applicable today to situations which Hegel himself did not experience. Thus, it is not simply a report on or an exposition of Hegel's thought, it is an original contribution to philosophical, political, and religious thinking." — Quentin Lauer, S. J.