RT Book
T1 Hegel's political theology
A1 Shanks, Andrew 1954-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1991
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/883469847
AB This study begins with an examination of Milan Kundera's concept of 'kitsch', which is defined and investigated in his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being.  The author here describes this concept as 'the cliché which bonds the crowd together - the means by which the thought control of the hierarchy or peer group is dressed up, internalised, and rendered seductive'. Dr Shanks relates kitsch and its dangers to the thought of Hegel, whom he regards as a religious reformer wrestling with the issue at the deepest level.  What, he asks, is required to rescue the Christian gospel from its pervasive corruption, which takes the form either of ecclesiastical authoritarianism, or else a privatized, 'atomistic' spirituality?  The author shows Hegel's answer to be twofold.  It involves, on the one hand, a decisive theological re-evaluation of the secular political realm; and on the other, a philosophical clarification of the inner truth of the Incarnation - a strictly 'inclusive' christology.  This book sets out to show the centrality of such a practical concern to Hegel's systematic theoretical enterprise as a whole.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BR115.P7
SN 9780511598036
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich : 1770-1831 : Ethics
K1 Jesus Christ : History of doctrines : 19th century
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich : 1770-1831 : Political and social views
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich : 1770-1831 : Religion
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
K1 Jesus Christ
K1 Geschichte 1800-1900
K1 Political Theology : History of doctrines, 19th century.
K1 Political Theology : History of doctrines : 19th century
K1 Systematische Theologie
K1 Theologie
K1 Politische Theologie
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ; 1770-1831 ; Religion
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ; 1770-1831 ; Political and social views
K1 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ; 1770-1831 ; Ethics
K1 Jesus Christ ; History of doctrines ; 19th century
K1 Political theology ; History of doctrines ; 19th century
K1 Philosophy of religion. Theories of Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich,1770-1831
K1 HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich++1770-1831++Religion
K1 Religion++Philosophy
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511598036