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Limits Pol Philosophy
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ISBN13: 9780813209227
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: Jun 1 1998
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.48
Language: English
How do politics and religion point to each other in a way that respects the integrity of both? Why are reason and revelation not in absolute opposition to each other? Political philosophy asks questions such as these that seem to call forth responses that do not come from politics alone. In seeking the answers, James V. Schall presents, in a convincing and articulate manner, the revelational contribution to political philosophy, particularly that which comes out of the Roman Catholic tradition. In At the Limits of Political Philosophy he fills the need for a sustained account of the higher reaches of political philosophy, where questions arising within the discipline bring it to its own limits.
Schall maintains that a noncontradictory unity exists among three aspects of political philosophy--the problem of evil, the problem of virtue, and the problem of contemplation of the highest things. Thus in the second section of his book he moves to a discussion of imperfect and dire conditions of human existence: death, evil, suffering, injustice, hell. He espouses a political realism that understands them to be permanent realities in this world, realities that cannot be eliminated by human means.
The third section treats the death of Socrates, the death of Christ, and the reality and meaning of happiness and of virtue. Schall examines the two deaths to show how ultimate issues arise within particular political instances and how they lead people to ask those questions about happiness and virtue that reveal the higher calling of human life. He maintains that political philosophy cannot be consistent with itself and not think about these higher realities. Finally, Schall addresses science, law, and friendship, which raise questions of truth, good, and love that are not adequately understood if viewed only in their political contexts. These are ideas that point to the deepest meaning of human experience; their uncommon importance requires political philosophy to consider them.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
James V. Schall, S.J., holds master's degrees in philosophy and in sacred theology, and a Ph.D. in political philosophy. He is professor of government at Georgetown University and the author of numerous books and articles in the field of political philosophy.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
An attentive reader will get from this stimulating book wise instruction on what is worth fighting for and on the limits of the possible in political action.--Eugene D. Genovese, Washington Times
This thoughtful book . . . provokes all of us, whether believer or unbeliever, to confront again or for the first time, the insoluble mystery that is reason and Revelation.--Daniel J. Mahoney, Crisis
Professors only very rarely possess Schall's combination of erudition, thoughtfulness, clarity, and self-confidence. Only a great teacher could have written this immensely instructive book.--Peter Augustine Lawler, Perspectives on Political Science
One of the treats in store for Fr. Schall's readers is the facility with which he has learned to introduce and interpret the vast literature of political philosophy and its many cognate fields, and to show how it can illuminate the questions and problems that confront us today.--John A. Gueguen, The Review of Politics.
This book pleads eloquently for the restoration of political philosophy to the central position it once occupied in o
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