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100 1 Heyking, John von.
245 10 Augustine and politics as longing in the world /|cJohn von
Heyking.
260 Columbia, MO :|bUniversity of Missouri Press,|c©2001.
300 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages).
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520 8 Saint Augustine's political thought has usually been
interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics
is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in
the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine actually
considered political life a substantive good that fulfills
a human longing for a kind of wholeness. Rather than
showing Augustine as supporting the Christian church's
domination of politics, von Heyking argues that he held a
subtler view of the relationship between religion and
politics, one that preserves the independence of political
life. And while many see his politics as based on a
natural-law ethic or on one in which authority is
conferred by direct revelation, von Heyking shows how
Augustine held to an understanding of political ethics
that emphasizes practical wisdom and judgment in a mode
that resembles Aristotle rather than Machiavelli.
Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World
demonstrates some of the deficiencies in the way
Augustine's political thought has been interpreted. It
also explains why a rereading of his thought illuminates
the current debates between "secularists" and proponents
of "orthodoxy" and shows why these debates are miscast. By
examining Augustine's political thought, von Heyking
provides a way of resolving this controversy and shows how
we can move beyond conflicting claims and thus moderate
yet elevate political life. Behind Augustine's apparent
antipolitical rhetoric lies his substantial agreement with
his Roman philosophical interlocutors on virtue and
politics. This allegedly antipolitical rhetoric is meant
to tame the lust for domination of Roman patriots by
showing that lust can never be satisfied by political
goods. By opposing extreme "worldliness" with extreme
"otherworldliness," Augustine appears to reject politics
as a natural good. On the contrary, he affirmed politics
as a natural good. Augustine and Politics as Longing in
the World shows how Augustine's belief that politics was a
way for humans to fulfill their longings for a kind of
wholeness discloses a deeper affirmation of a more
meaningful, pluralistic, and robust political life than
his interpreters have previously appreciated.
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