Lara The Disclosure of Politics

Struggles Over the Semantics of Secularization
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53504-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 35, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: New Directions in Critical Theory

María Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lara, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Semantics of Conceptual Change: The Emergence of the Concept of Emancipation
2. The Model of Translation: From Religion to Politics
3. Hans Blumenberg's Reoccupational Model: Conceptual Transformation
4. Blumenberg's Second Model: The Persistence of Mythical Narratives
5. Hannah Arendt's Model of the Autonomy of Politics: Semantic Innovation Through Religious Disclosure
6. Reinhart Koselleck's Model of Secularization: The Enlightenment as Problematic
7. Jürgen Habermas's Innovation Model: Bringing Justice Into the Domain of Politics
8. The Disclosure of Politics Revisited
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

María Pía Lara teaches moral and political philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. She is a renowned and influential public intellectual and has published many articles on the subjects of critical theory, moral philosophy, and politics. She is also the author of Narrating Evil: A Postmetaphysical Theory of Reflective Judgment and Moral Textures and the editor of Rethinking Evil.