03841nam 2200733Ia 450 991080618420332120200520144314.01-134-45265-91-280-02269-80-203-45185-60-415-28469-41-134-45266-710.4324/9780203451854 (CKB)1000000000248007(EBL)181871(OCoLC)475893372(SSID)ssj0000289471(PQKBManifestationID)11222689(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289471(PQKBWorkID)10401668(PQKB)11442777(MiAaPQ)EBC181871(Au-PeEL)EBL181871(CaPaEBR)ebr10101145(CaONFJC)MIL2269(OCoLC)53883443(EXLCZ)99100000000024800720020930d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAugustine and modernity /Michael HanbyLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (305 p.)Radical orthodoxy seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-46075-8 0-415-28468-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Thinking with and about Augustine; 1 A grim paternity?; The alleged sins of the father; The grand architect and the builders; The West that never was: the theological critique; Love in the time of avarice: the postmodern critique; 2 De Trinitate and the aesthetics of salvation; The aesthetics of salvation; Delight and the beauty of God; The Body of Christ and the eros of faith; 3 Christology, cosmology and the mechanics of grace; On the intelligibility of the Pelagian controversyPelagianism: a problem of trinitarian theology?Creation and the mechanics of grace; Augustine's doxological self; 4 The subtle triumph of Pelagianism; On winning the battle and losing the war; Duelling cosmologies; Pelagianizing Augustine; 5 An Augustinian parody: Descartes and modern stoicism; An overlooked chapter in the story of modern origins; Why Augustine is not a Cartesian; Why Descartes is not Augustinian; Postscript: Modernity in Augustinian hindsight; Notes; Primary sources and translations; IndexAugustine and Modernity is a fresh and challenging addition to current debates about the Augustinian origins of modern subjectivity and the Christian genesis of Western nihilism. It firmly rejects the dominant modern view that the modern Cartesian subject, as an archetype of Western nihilism, originates in Augustine's thought. Arguing that most contemporary interpretations misrepresent the complex philosophical relationship between Augustine and modern philosophy, particularly with regard to the work of Descartes, the book examines the much overlooked contribution of Stoicism to theRadical orthodoxy series.SelfReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Philosophy, ModernSelf (Philosophy)HistoryPhilosophy and religionHistorySelfReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesPhilosophy, Modern.Self (Philosophy)History.Philosophy and religionHistory.189.2270.209211.02bclHanby Michael1966-1645735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806184203321Augustine and modernity4189891UNINA