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.
086213499
Theory of knowledge
Augustine -- Saint -- Bishop of Hippo
Political sciences
320.092 / H615-J65
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.
086213499
Theory of knowledge
Augustine -- Saint -- Bishop of Hippo
Political sciences
320.092 / H615-J65