When God and State Don't Dominate: Pragmatism, Political Theology, and Democratic Authority
Authority is a normative status - not just power but legitimate power. But what distinguishes legitimate and illegitimate power? Combining recent pragmatist work in the philosophy of language with a Hegelian view of power and recognitive relations, I develop a model of authority rooted in non-domina...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-124 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
/ Authority
/ Political theology
/ Pragmatism
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics TJ Modern history VA Philosophy ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Pragmatism
B Authority B Hegel B Democracy B Political Legitimacy B relational organizing B Recognition |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Authority is a normative status - not just power but legitimate power. But what distinguishes legitimate and illegitimate power? Combining recent pragmatist work in the philosophy of language with a Hegelian view of power and recognitive relations, I develop a model of authority rooted in non-dominating democratic practices. The result is a pragmatist political theology that is Hegelian in inspiration and radically democratic in practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1548958 |
