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Secular religion : a polemic against the misinterpretation of modern social philosophy, science and politics as "new religions" / Hans Kelsen ; edited from the estate of Hans Kelsen by Robert Walter, Clemens Jablonger and Klaus Zeleny.
Van Pelt Library BL2747.8 K457 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secularism.
- Enlightenment--Influence.
- Enlightenment.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 292 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, [2012]
- Summary:
- "Despite reworking and rewriting, Secilar 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 attmept 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."--P[4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Introductionary remarks
- Editorial remarks
- Preface
- Introduction
- The search for parallelisms and its dangers
- Doctrine of progress: and eschatology
- Joachim of Flora's and St. Augustine's theologies of history
- Gnosticism
- Hobbes's Leviathan
- The philosophy of the enlightenment
- Hume's empiricism and Kant's transcendental philosophy
- Saint-Simon's "New Religion" and Proudhons's social theory
- Comte's positive philosophy
- Marx's economic interpretation of history
- Nietzsche the Christian
- Nietzsche the metaphysician
- Modern science
- Modern politics
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names.
- Notes:
- Published on the basis of galley proofs from 1964.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783709107652
- 3709107652
- OCLC:
- 764379400
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