Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World

Heyking, John von

Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World John von Heyking - U.S.A University of Missouri Press 2001 - 278tr. Hardcover, Illustration 25 cm - The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy .

Saint Augustine's political thought has usually been interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine actually considered political life a substantive good that fulfills a human longing for a kind of wholeness.

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Theory of knowledge
Augustine -- Saint -- Bishop of Hippo
Political sciences

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