Secular Religion

A Polemic against the Misinterpretation of Modern Social Philosophy, Science and Politics as „New Religions“

Hans Kelsen, Richard Potz (Autoren)

Clemens Jabloner, Klaus Zeleny (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 292 Seiten

2011 | 1., 2012
Springer Wien (Verlag)
978-3-7091-0765-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Despite reworking and rewriting 'Secular Religion' for about ten years Hans Kelsen finally withdrew the text from printing in 1964. After long and careful consideration the Hans Kelsen-Institut has now decided to lift the veil on Kelsen's somewhat mysterious last book and to bring 'Secular Religion' to a wider public. In this book Kelsen vehemently opposes any attempt to discredit modern science as failed religion, a view prominently held by Kelsen's former student Eric Voegelin. Any contemporary trend towards a 'new' de-secularization will have to face Kelsen's criticism. Furthermore, as Kelsen convincingly demonstrates, any trend towards a 'new' theologization holds the danger of totalitarianism. In this context Kelsen's text from 1964 offers an excellent contribution to a current discussion.

Autor

Hans Kelsen, Richard Potz, Clemens Jabloner, Robert Walter, Klaus Zeleny

Inhalt

Introductionary Remarks .- Editorial Remarks.- Preface .- Introduction .- Chapter I The Search for Parallelisms and Its Dangers .- Chapter II Doctrine of Progress: and Eschatology .- Chapter III Joachim of Flora's and St. Augustine's Theologies of History .- Chapter IV Gnosticism.- Chapter V Hobbes's Leviathan .- Chapter VI The Philosophy of the Enlightenment .- Chapter VII Hume's Empiricism and Kant's Transcendental Philosophy .- Chapter VIII Saint-Simon's "New Religion" and Proudhon's Social Theory .- Chapter IX Comte's Positive Philosophy .- Chapter X Marx's Economic Interpretation of History .- Chapter XI Nietzsche the Christian .- Chapter XII Nietzsche the Metaphysician .- Chapter XIII Modern Science .- Chapter XIV Modern Politics .- Conclusion .- Bibliography .- Index of Subjects .- Index of Names.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 640 g
• Einbandart: gebunden
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: Kelsen • New Religions • Säkularisierung • Secular Religion • Voegelin
• ISBN-10: 3-7091-0765-2 / 3709107652
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7091-0765-2 / 9783709107652
• Zustand: Neuware