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Authority, History, and Political Theology : Collected Works and Correspondence of Alexandre Kojève and Gaston Fessard.

Bloomsbury Collections: Philosophy Ethics and Political Philosophy 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jacobs, Isabel, editor.
Saliba, Jacob, editor.
Series:
Political Theologies.
Political Theologies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fessard, Gaston.
Kojève, Alexandre, 1902-1968.
Kojève, Alexandre.
Authority.
History--Philosophy.
History.
Political theology.
Genre:
Essays
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.
System Details:
text file rdaft
Summary:
An essential picture of how Kojève's reading of Hegel influenced and was shaped by French political theology.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Two Readers of Hegel
The Outstretched Hand: Politics and Religion
Authority and Political Theology in Times of War
Political Theology After History
Part I: Reviews
Prefatory Notes
Chapter 1: Alexandre Kojève, "Review of Two Books by Gaston Fessard" (1936/7)1
Chapter 2: Alexandre Kojève, "Christianity and Communism" (1946)1
Chapter 3: Alexandre Kojève, "Hegel, Marx, and Christianity" (1946)1
Chapter 4: Gaston Fessard, "Review of Henri Niel, On Mediation in Hegel's Philosophy" (1946)1
Chapter 5: Gaston Fessard, "Two Interpreters of Hegel's Phenomenology: Jean Hyppolite and Alexandre Kojève" (1947)1
Part II: Lectures
Chapter 6: Gaston Fessard, "Revolution and Persecution: The Principle of a Political Decision" (1938)1
Chapter 7: Gaston Fessard, "Preparatory Notes for a Presentation at the Final Session of the Hegel Seminar" (May 1939)1
Chapter 8: Gaston Fessard, "Hegel" (1948)1
The Fundamental Problems of the Study of Hegel
First problem: Interpreting Hegel's Philosophy
Second Problem: The Dialectic
Third Problem: Of Religion and Philosophy
Fourth Problem: Of History and Thought
Time and Eternity
Some Current Meanings of Hegel's Thought
The Hypothesis of the Work
The Hegelian Circle
The Early Theological Writings
In Search of a Speculative Principle for Understanding History
The Analogy of Reason and Love (noted as early as 1793)
Love and Religion
The Movement Realized Between Man and Woman
Chapter 9: Gaston Fessard, "Introduction to Alexandre Kojève's Lecture at the Seminary of Chantilly" (February 6, 1965)1
Chapter 10: Alexandre Kojève, "The Structure and History of Philosophy" (1965)1.
Part III: Correspondence (1934-1968)
Appendices
Appendix I: Gaston Fessard, "A Phenomenology of Existence: The Philosophy of R. Le Senne" (1935)1
Appendix II: Gaston Fessard, "The Problem of the End of History" (c. 1960-73)1
Notes
Reviews: Prefatory Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Lectures: Prefatory Notes
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Correspondence (1934-1968): Prefatory Notes
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index.
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Other Format:
Print version: Jacobs, Isabel Authority, History, and Political Theology
ISBN:
9781350476356
OCLC:
1592686110

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