Secular religion : a polemic against the misinterpretation of modern social philosophy, science and politics as "new religions"
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Secular religion : a polemic against the misinterpretation of modern social philosophy, science and politics as "new religions"
SpringerWienNewYork, c2012
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Bibliography: p. 273-280
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Despite reworking and rewriting a'Secular Religion' for about ten years Hans Kelsen finally withdrew the text from printing in 1964. After long and careful consideration the Hans Kelsen-Institut has now decided to lift the veil on Kelsen's somewhat mysterious last book and to bring a'Secular Religion' to a wider public. In this book Kelsen vehemently opposes any attempt to discredit modern science as failed religion, a view prominently held by Kelsen's former student Eric Voegelin. Any contemporary trend towards a a'new' de-secularization will have to face Kelsen's criticism. Furthermore, as Kelsen convincingly demonstrates, any trend towards a a'new' theologization holds the danger of totalitarianism. In this context Kelsen's text from 1964 offers an excellent contribution to a current discussion.
Table of Contents
Introductionary Remarks .- Editorial Remarks.- Preface .- Introduction .- Chapter I The Search for Parallelisms and Its Dangers .- Chapter II Doctrine of Progress: and Eschatology .- Chapter III Joachim of Flora's and St. Augustine's Theologies of History .- Chapter IV Gnosticism.- Chapter V Hobbes's Leviathan .- Chapter VI The Philosophy of the Enlightenment .- Chapter VII Hume's Empiricism and Kant's Transcendental Philosophy .- Chapter VIII Saint-Simon's "New Religion" and Proudhon's Social Theory .- Chapter IX Comte's Positive Philosophy .- Chapter X Marx's Economic Interpretation of History .- Chapter XI Nietzsche the Christian .- Chapter XII Nietzsche the Metaphysician .- Chapter XIII Modern Science .- Chapter XIV Modern Politics .- Conclusion .- Bibliography .- Index of Subjects .- Index of Names.
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