Roman Catholicism and Political Form (Global Perspectives in History and Politics)
(By G.L. Ulmen)
Read Ebook | Size | 25 MB (25,084 KB) |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| Downloaded | 640 times |
| Last checked | 12 Hour ago! |
| Author | G.L. Ulmen |
According to G. L. Ulmen, translator of "Roman Catholicism and Political Formjus publicum Europaeum" and the Eurocentric epoch of world history began to decline.
Asserting that all significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts, Schmitt felt the need to address the question of what political form might replace the state. It was in this context that he wrote "Roman Catholicism and Political Form," which presupposes an affinity not only between the Church and the state, but between Catholicism and political thinking. Once the state began to lose its monopoly of politics and, thereby, its legitimacy, Schmitt looked to the other side of the occidental equation--the Catholic Church--in search of a new form of the political. His argument proceeds from the assumption that there is a structural identity between the metaphysical image of the world a particular age creates and the form of a political organization.”
