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1 online resource (xi, 187 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Encounters in law and philosophy
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Encounters in law and philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index. |
| Contents |
The logos of potency : a theoretical introduction -- Logos of 'Potentia Dei' -- 'Potentia Ordinata' vs 'Potentia Absoluta' -- Political theology reconsidered -- Genealogies of constituent potency : Schmitt, Nietzsche, Spinoza -- Corollaries I. On the origins of conventionalist political philosophy in the Seventeenth Century -- Corollaries II. The problem of a political theology -- Corollaries III. Rhetoric of ethical universalism : Jürgen Habermas and the dissolution of political realism. |
| Summary |
"Sweeping through the history of Western philosophy of law, [the author] deals with the metaphysical idea of potency as defined by Spinoza and Nietzsche, upsetting entrenched theories of jurisprudence. [The author] first addresses how the idea of potency can change the meaning of the power ascribed to an omnipotent God. This brings together classical Greek philosophy with Jewish biblical exegesis, which [the author] links through the juncture of Christianity. He then relates potency to the classical philosophical tradition in Aristotle's 'Metaphysics' and its Arabic interpretations, particularly those of Ibn Rushd (Averroës). This leads [the reader] to the genesis of natural law theory in Western philosophy, from Augustine to Aquinas and from Duns Scotus to Ockham ... [The author] examines the inherently problematic concept of political theology, pitting Spinozan-Nietzschean potency against Kant and Enlightenment natural law to reveal the weakness inherent in the Enlightenment system. Finally, [the author] applies the theories of Carl Schmitt to the philosophical rationalism of the Western tradition, showing [the reader] how it has failed to contain absolute power in a juridical sense."-- Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jurisprudence -- History.
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Jurisprudence. |
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History. |
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Legislative power -- History.
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Legislative power. |
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Law -- Philosophy.
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Law -- Philosophy. |
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Power (Philosophy)
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Power (Philosophy) |
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Power (Christian theology)
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Power (Christian theology) |
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Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Castrucci, Emanuele. On the idea of potency. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016] 9781474411844 (DLC) 2016479518 (OCoLC)940933192 |
| ISBN |
9781474411868 (electronic book) |
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147441186X (electronic book) |
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9781474426770 (ebook) |
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1474426778 (ebook) |
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9781474411844 |
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1474411843 |
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9781474411851 |
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1474411851 |
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9781474411875 (epub) |
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1474411878 |
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9781474411875 |
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