Rémi Brague

The Kingdom of Man

Genesis and Failure of the Modern Project

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Produktbeschreibung

Remi Brague argues that with the dawn of the Enlightenment, Western society has rejected traditional theophilosphical ideas in favor of human authority and autonomy, ultimately causing the erasure of divinely ordered humanity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9780268104252
• ISBN-10: 0268104255
• Artikelnr.: 52527379

Autorenporträt

Rémi Brague is emeritus professor of medieval and Arabic philosophy at the University of Paris I and Romano Guardini Chair Emeritus of Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich). He is a member of the Institut de France and author of many books, including Curing Mad Truths: Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019). Paul Seaton is associate professor of philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Preparation
1. The Best Of The Living Things
2. Domination
3. Three Incomplete Prefigurations
4. Metaphorical Dominations
5. The New Lord Of Creation
6. Attempts And Temptations
Part Two: Deployment
7. The Formation Of The Modern Project
8. The Beginnings Of The Realization
9. The Master Is There
10. Moral Dominion
11. The Duty To Reign
12. The Iron Rod
13. The New Meaning Of Humanism
14. The Sole Lord
Part Three: Failure
15. Kingdom or Waste Land?
16. Man, Humiliated
17. The Subjugated Subject
18. Man Remade
19. Man Surpassed and ... Replaced
20. Checkmate?
21. Lights Out
Conclusion