Comments on: Coping with Political Theology http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: On Political Theology « Learning Arabic http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-123500 On Political Theology « Learning Arabic Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:23:22 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-123500 [...] state which also separates the United States from most of the world, especially the Muslim world (here).  Of particular interest is his mention of Hobbes and the importance of anthropology in this [...] […] state which also separates the United States from most of the world, especially the Muslim world (here).  Of particular interest is his mention of Hobbes and the importance of anthropology in this […]

]]> By: The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-122509 The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:52:32 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-122509 <strong>Cato Unbound </strong> Professor Mark Liila, author of the "The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West ", has written an essay for the Cato Institute publication in which he applies some of the analysis of his book to the Islamic world. Cato Unbound

Professor Mark Liila, author of the “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West “, has written an essay for the Cato Institute publication in which he applies some of the analysis of his book to the Islamic world.

]]> By: Kritikon Commonplace Book » Coping with Political Theology http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-121577 Kritikon Commonplace Book » Coping with Political Theology Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:30:24 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-121577 [...] Coping with Political Theology [...] […] Coping with Political Theology […]

]]> By: buzz http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-121527 buzz Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:55:41 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-121527 <strong>Coping with Political Theology (Lilla / Cato Unbound)</strong> "On the one hand, America is clearly the most religious nation in the modern West and the most powerful. On the other, American policy has been unable to understand, let alone cope with, the religious passions dominating contemporary world politics." Coping with Political Theology (Lilla / Cato Unbound)

“On the one hand, America is clearly the most religious nation in the modern West and the most powerful. On the other, American policy has been unable to understand, let alone cope with, the religious passions dominating contemporary world politics.”

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]]> By: » Lilla on political theology http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-120841 » Lilla on political theology Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:05:48 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-120841 [...] Coping with political theology. Mark Lilla at Cato Unbound. Lilla’s interesting essay deserves a sommersault, maybe make the libertarians at the Cato Inst. rush away screaming (I may not agree with my own argument); Modern liberalim’s triumph is considered in Hegel’s thought the ‘end of history’. But is this Hegel or its it Fukuyama? We forget that the defining standard of liberal culture was never finalized, and since we have cited Hegel, we should consider just what kettle of fish was involved in Hegelian ‘liberalism’? And what, despite its dialectical reversal, was carried over into the Marxist ‘hegelianism’ that became the first of the anti-modern Islams? The atomized society of Crusoe individuals was protested by Hegel, so maybe we should protest Hegel. But if so we should protest Fukuyama. Yes, the atomized indidivuals at Cato should be worried, no? Among the many paradoxes in America’s international relations today, one stands out. It has to do with America’s self-conception, and therefore with religion. On the one hand, America is clearly the most religious nation in the modern West and the most powerful. On the other, American policy has been unable to understand, let alone cope with, the religious passions dominating contemporary world politics. Given Americans’ collective recognition of religion’s legitimacy in a modern political order, one would think that we would be better able to adapt ourselves to the current situation than other, far more secular Western nations. This is not the case, and we need to understand why. [...] […] Coping with political theology. Mark Lilla at Cato Unbound. Lilla’s interesting essay deserves a sommersault, maybe make the libertarians at the Cato Inst. rush away screaming (I may not agree with my own argument); Modern liberalim’s triumph is considered in Hegel’s thought the ‘end of history’. But is this Hegel or its it Fukuyama? We forget that the defining standard of liberal culture was never finalized, and since we have cited Hegel, we should consider just what kettle of fish was involved in Hegelian ‘liberalism’? And what, despite its dialectical reversal, was carried over into the Marxist ‘hegelianism’ that became the first of the anti-modern Islams? The atomized society of Crusoe individuals was protested by Hegel, so maybe we should protest Hegel. But if so we should protest Fukuyama. Yes, the atomized indidivuals at Cato should be worried, no? Among the many paradoxes in America’s international relations today, one stands out. It has to do with America’s self-conception, and therefore with religion. On the one hand, America is clearly the most religious nation in the modern West and the most powerful. On the other, American policy has been unable to understand, let alone cope with, the religious passions dominating contemporary world politics. Given Americans’ collective recognition of religion’s legitimacy in a modern political order, one would think that we would be better able to adapt ourselves to the current situation than other, far more secular Western nations. This is not the case, and we need to understand why. […]

]]> By: Positive Liberty » CATO’s Symposium on Political Theology http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-117912 Positive Liberty » CATO’s Symposium on Political Theology Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:13:43 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-117912 [...] Lilla’s lead essay, summarizing the thesis to his book, provocatively asserts that liberal democracy or republican government is founded on atheistic or Hobbesian premises. Hence American government was founded to be “post-Christian,” and the American founding otherwise lacks a political theology. As Lilla puts it: As we know, this crisis of Western Christendom prepared the way for modern political thought, and eventually for modern liberal democracy. And it seems to follow from this fact that modern liberal democracy, with its distinctive ideas and institutions, is a post-Christian phenomenon. I want to insist on this formulation as a way of stressing the uniqueness of Christian revelation and its theological-political difficulties – and therefore the uniqueness of the philosophical response to the civilizational crisis those problems triggered. Though the principles of modern liberal democracy are not conceptually dependent on the truth of Christianity, they are genetically dependent on the problems Christianity posed and failed to solve. Being mindful of this should help us to understand the strengths of our tradition of political thought, and perhaps also its limitations. [...] […] Lilla’s lead essay, summarizing the thesis to his book, provocatively asserts that liberal democracy or republican government is founded on atheistic or Hobbesian premises. Hence American government was founded to be “post-Christian,” and the American founding otherwise lacks a political theology. As Lilla puts it: As we know, this crisis of Western Christendom prepared the way for modern political thought, and eventually for modern liberal democracy. And it seems to follow from this fact that modern liberal democracy, with its distinctive ideas and institutions, is a post-Christian phenomenon. I want to insist on this formulation as a way of stressing the uniqueness of Christian revelation and its theological-political difficulties – and therefore the uniqueness of the philosophical response to the civilizational crisis those problems triggered. Though the principles of modern liberal democracy are not conceptually dependent on the truth of Christianity, they are genetically dependent on the problems Christianity posed and failed to solve. Being mindful of this should help us to understand the strengths of our tradition of political thought, and perhaps also its limitations. […]

]]> By: Hey, just why am I not a Hobbesian? « Entitled to an Opinion http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-116690 Hey, just why am I not a Hobbesian? « Entitled to an Opinion Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:16:24 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/08/mark-lilla/coping-with-political-theology/#comment-116690 [...] like Rousseau either. Most educators of acceptably left or right nature still accept some American political theology, where there is something near-sacred in our humanist traditions. Many would not admit that this [...] […] like Rousseau either. Most educators of acceptably left or right nature still accept some American political theology, where there is something near-sacred in our humanist traditions. Many would not admit that this […]

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