Ebook: The Augustinian imperative : a reflection on the politics of morality
Author: Agostinho Bispo De Hipona, of Hippo Saint Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. Augustine, Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm, Connolly William E., of Hippo Saint Augustine, Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm
- Tags: Augustine -- of Hippo Saint -- 354-430 -- Ethics, Augustine -- of Hippo Saint -- 354-430 -- Political and social views, Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm -- 1844-1900 -- Ethics, Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm -- 1844-1900 -- Political and social views, Augustine -- of Hippo Saint -- 354-430, Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm -- 1844-1900, Agostinho Bispo De Hipona -- Santo -- 354-430, Augustine -- Saint Bishop of Hippo, Ethics, Political science -- Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy, P
- Series: Modernity and political thought (Unnumbered)
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition: New edition.
- Language: English
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Drawing support from Nietzsche and Foucault, Connolly argues that the Augustinian Imperative contains unethical implications: its carriers too often convert living signs that threaten their ontological self-confidence into modes of otherness to be condemned, punished, or converted in order to restore that confidence. With a lucidity and rhetorical power that makes it readily accessible, The Augustinian Imperative Read more...