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Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World John von Heyking

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political PhilosophyPublication details: U.S.A; University of Missouri Press; 2001Description: 278tr; Hardcover, Illustration; 25 cmISBN:
  • 086213499
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.092
  • H615-J65
Online resources: Summary: 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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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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