Democracy Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Theological and Metaphysical Foundations of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk's Political Philosophy - Couverture souple

Uhde, Jan

 
9783838306445: Democracy Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Theological and Metaphysical Foundations of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk's Political Philosophy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838306449 ISBN 13 : 9783838306445
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Thomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937)is often remembered as one of the pre-eminent "philosopher- kings" of the twentieth century. Masaryk's opinions concerning philosophy and politics continue to be studied in current academic literature, especially in the Czech Republic where the issue of Masaryk's legacy continues to be debated. In this work the author recognizes that although many studies have noted the religious elements in Masaryk's thought and life, they have not analysed them for their specific and inherent theology and have therefore not stressed the importance of the connection between Masaryk's own modern political philosophy and the theology of the seventeenth century educational reformer and Czech national hero Jan Amos Komensky (1592-1670). Jan A. Uhde examines Masaryk's literary works for evidence demonstrating the fundamental place that theology holds in Masaryk's political philosophy and argues that despite Masaryk distancing himself from theology as a tool of medieval theocracy, the fundamental assumptions upon which Masaryk constructed his political philosophy were theological and borrowed from Komensky.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Thomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937)is often remembered as one of the pre-eminent "philosopher- kings" of the twentieth century. Masaryk's opinions concerning philosophy and politics continue to be studied in current academic literature, especially in the Czech Republic where the issue of Masaryk's legacy continues to be debated. In this work the author recognizes that although many studies have noted the religious elements in Masaryk's thought and life, they have not analysed them for their specific and inherent theology and have therefore not stressed the importance of the connection between Masaryk's own modern political philosophy and the theology of the seventeenth century educational reformer and Czech national hero Jan Amos Komensky (1592-1670). Jan A. Uhde examines Masaryk's literary works for evidence demonstrating the fundamental place that theology holds in Masaryk's political philosophy and argues that despite Masaryk distancing himself from theology as a tool of medieval theocracy, the fundamental assumptions upon which Masaryk constructed his political philosophy were theological and borrowed from Komensky.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jan A. Uhde was born in Canada and has lived in Toronto and Montreal; currently he resides in Kitchener Ontario. Jan has combined his academic interest in European political history and philosophy with personal experience of Europe, especially the Czech Republic. He has studied and written about the political philosophy of Thomas G. Masaryk.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838306449
ISBN 13 
9783838306445
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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