scholarly journals The Notion of Sovereignty, According to the Contemporary Interpretation of Political Theology

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Maria Silveira Souza ◽  
Douglas Ferreira Barros
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
State Of Exception ◽  
The Political ◽  
Contemporary Interpretation ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract: the Political Theology (2009) of Carl Schmitt encompasses the notion of sovereignty and maintains strict dialogue with Hobbes’ conception for this concept. Schmitt believes that his work would improve the concept that, modern, should incorporate to it the notion of State of Exception, restoring definitely its condition of summa potestas, conferred by the philosophers of the Middle Ages, but abandoned by modern thinkers. The aim of this study is to analyze the similarities between the theories of Hobbes and Schmitt, identifying the concepts that form the basis of hobbesian conception – State and sovereignty – afterwards used by Schmitt: sovereignty, state of exception, political theology.A Noção de Soberania, Segundo a Interpretação Contemporânea da Teologia PolíticaResumo: a obra Teologia Política, de Carl Schmitt, abrange a noção de soberania e mantém estrito diálogo com a formulação de Hobbes para este conceito. Schmitt crê que ao seu trabalho caberia aperfeiçoar o conceito que, moderno, deveria incorporar a noção de exceção para, definitivamente, restituir-lhe a condição de summa potestas, conferida pelos filósofos da Idade Média, mas abandonada pelos pensadores da modernidade. O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar as similaridades entre as teorias de Hobbes e Schmitt, identificando no primeiro os conceitos que servirão de base -Estado civil e soberania- àqueles utilizados por Schmitt: soberania, estado de exceção, teologia política.

Dante’s theology and contemporary thought: Recovering transcendence?

2021 ◽  
pp. 001458582110215
Author(s):  
William Franke
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Theological Turn ◽  
Theological Turn In Phenomenology ◽  
The Middle Ages ◽  
Realized Eschatology

This article outlines how Dante’s philosophy and theology turn on issues that are being debated in broader philosophical, theological, and theoretical milieus today. It emphasizes, in particular, how the new horizon opened by certain postmodern—and more specifically post-secular—turns in philosophy shifts the light falling on the interface between the concepts of transcendence and immanence. As a result, Dante’s attempt, in the twilight of the Middle Ages, to renegotiate the relations between the two shows up as acutely relevant and potentially groundbreaking for current philosophical and theological inquiry. The areas of inquiry traversed include realized eschatology as theorized by Agamben; Foucault’s archeological model of knowledge; Patristic and medieval hexameral exegesis; the tension between hermeneutics and deconstruction; political theology; the theological turn in phenomenology; secularism and humanities as crypto-theological forms of thought. All are examined as prefigured in embryo by Dante’s comprehensive, poetic approach to knowing.

scholarly journals Images of Power in the Societies of Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Symbols and Ritual Practices of the East and West

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Evgueny Alexandrovich Chiglintsev ◽  
Natalya Yurievna Bikeyeva ◽  
Maxim Vadimovich Griger ◽  
Igor Vladimirovich Vostrikov ◽  
Farit Nafisovich Ahmadiev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
The Political ◽  
East And West ◽  
Political Mythology ◽  
Evolution Of Ideas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
Ritual Practices ◽  
The Middle Ages

This collective article is dedicated to the images of power in the ancient and medieval societies, their forming, functions and the ways of representation. Authors found the universal components of the images of power in the different pre-industrial societies of the East and Vest, such as procedures of obtaining power, coronation and anointment, ruler’s regalia and the forms of organizing space of power. The authors investigate the relationship between the secular and the sacred elements in the political mythology of power. This paper deals with the evolution of images of power, rituals and symbols of authority from Ancient Eastern to Medieval societies. The purpose of the article is to present the universal components of the images of power in Ancient and Medieval times. The identification of common and specific features in the representation of power and ritual practices will allow us to see the evolution of ideas about power in pre-industrial societies.

Democratic Myths in Victorian Medievalism

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 129-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Jann
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
The Political ◽  
Working Classes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Central Characteristic ◽  
Liberal Individualism ◽  
The Middle Ages

Critical attention to the dominant tradition of Victorian medievalism has stressed its essentially conservative tendencies. For representative proponents of this tradition – Carlyle, Ruskin, Young England – the imaginative value of the Middle Ages lay in their contrast with the political and social disorder of the present. The antidote to those modern poisons – laissez faire capitalism, Utilitarian ethics, Liberal individualism – lay in a resuscitation of medieval hierarchy, one which called on the Captains of Industry to form a new aristocracy, and the state to assume control over the economy and social welfare. For such thinkers, the spiritual health and organic order of medieval society depended upon its essentially undemocratic structure. The prominence of this analysis has unfortunately overshadowed the importance of two alternative treatments of Victorian medievalism, the Whig and the Socialist. While opposed in fundamental ways to one another, these interpretations are opposed in more significant ways to that dominant conservative tradition in that they created alternative myths of the Middle Ages to justify a more – not less – democratic society in the present and future. Such myths assisted the development of class consciousness by using the authority of history to sanction a social order which drew its moral and political strengths not from the ideals of the aristocracy, but from those of the middle and working classes, respectively. However, the following demonstration of the way similar historical points of departure can lead investigators to radically different conclusions ultimately reinforces the central characteristic of Victorian medievalism: that it represented less an attempt to recapture the past “as it really was” than a projection of current ideals back into time.

scholarly journals Royal Divine Coronation Iconography. Preliminary Considerations

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Vagnoni
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Eternal Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Visual Impact ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Middle Ages

In recent decades, art historians have stressed the benefits of analysing medieval images and their contents within their specific context and, in particular, have underlined the importance of their visual impact on contemporary beholders to determine their functions and specific meanings. In other words, in the analysis of a medieval image, it has become fundamental to verify where it was collocated and whom it was aimed at, and which practical reasons it was made for (its visibility, fruition, and usability). As a result, new perspectives have been opened, creating an active historiographical debate about one of the most fascinating and studied iconographic themes of the Middle Ages: the royal divine coronation. Hence, there has been a complete rethinking of the function and meaning of this iconographic theme. For instance, the divine coronation of the king might not symbolically allude to his earthly power but to the devotional hope of receiving the crown of eternal life in the afterworld. Moreover, in the specific case of some Ottonian and Salian illuminations, historiographers have proposed that their function was not only celebrative (a manifesto of the political ideologies that legitimized power), but also liturgical and religious. This paper places this topic in a historiographical framework and provides some preliminary methodological considerations in order to stimulate new research.

scholarly journals HEINRICH MEIER E LA SFIDA DELLA TEOLOGIA POLITICA

Il Politico ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-116
Author(s):  
Marco Menon
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Political ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Problem

This paper offers a short overview of Heinrich Meier’s books on Carl Schmitt’s political theology, namely Carl Schmitt und Leo Strauss, and Die Lehre Carl Schmitts. These writings, published respectively in 1988 and 1994, and recently translated into Italian by Cantagalli (Siena), have raised both enthusiastical appraisal and fierce criticism. The gist of Meier’s interpretation is the following: the core of Schmitt’s thought is his Christian faith. Schmitt’s political doctrine must be unterstood as political theology, that is, as a political doctrine which claims to be grounded on divine revelation. The fundamental attitude of the political theologian, therefore, is pious obedience to God’s unfathomable will. The hypothesis of the paper is that Meier’s reading, which from a historical point of view might appear as highly controversial, is essentially the attempt to articulate the fundamental alternative between political theology and political philosophy. Meier’s alleged stylization of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss is a form of “platonism”, i.e., a theoretical purification aimed at a clear formulation of what he means by “the theologico-political problem”.

Feudalism and the Tatar Polity of the Middle Ages

1958 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Krader
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nomadic Pastoralists ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural World ◽  
The Middle Ages

During the first millenium A.D. a series of states were formed by Turkic and Mongol peoples, the nomadic pastoralists of the Asian steppes - the Tatars of European and Chinese record. These political enterprises enlarged their scope and power during the period of a millenium, reaching a climax in the empire of Chingis Khan in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; from this climactic achievement they have since declined. The social and political organization as well as the economy of these peoples are at once simple and complex, primitive and advanced. The characterization of this cultural world has been given focus in a sharp controversy, the controversy over the establishment and internal ordering of the political system.

scholarly journals Sovereignty and Submission: Luther’s Political Theology and the Violence of Christian Metaphysics

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Timmann Mjaaland
Keyword(s):  
Political Theology ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Difference ◽  
Justification By Faith ◽  
Hidden God ◽  
Political Scene

The classical controversy between Carl Schmitt and Eric Peterson goes directly to the heart of the matter: What is ‘political theology’ about? Is it a descriptive or normative endeavour, oriented towards history or political influence on contemporary issues? This article explores these questions with reference to Protestant theology, in particular the writings of Martin Luther. Protestant theology has often emphasised the basic difference between the spiritual and political spheres, but I question the validity of this distinction with respect to Luther’s theology. When Luther enters the political scene, an apocalyptic understanding of friend and enemy tends to dominate his thinking. Furthermore, I discuss whether this is compatible with his metaphysical understanding of the ‘hidden God’ in his majesty, and hence, whether a metaphysical violence is deeply embedded in Luther’s theology, possibly even his understanding of ‘justification by faith’. Finally, I suggest a reconsideration of Luther’s political theology based on the questions raised by Schmitt and Peterson.

scholarly journals O Comportamento Político Cultural no Medievo: uma aproximação * The Political Cultural Behaviour in The Middle Ages: an approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 463
Author(s):  
LUCIANO JOSÉ VIANNA
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Past ◽  
Politics And Culture ◽  
Medieval Chronicles ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
The Middle Ages

<p><strong>Resumo</strong>: Este artigo apresenta parte da nossa investigação realizada durante a estância de doutorado no Warburg Institute – University of London como complementação teórico-metodológica para nossa tese de doutorado em preparação no Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i de l’Edat Mitjana da Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Através da recuperação, adaptação e aplicação do conceito de <em>cultura política</em>, identificamos um comportamento político cultural durante o medievo no qual o livro fazia parte e era um dos objetos produzidos e utilizados. Ademais, também observamos os principais centros de produção e de destino deste objeto referencial para a história política e cultural medieval, como o monastério, a chancelaria e a corte, onde a composição deste objeto girava em torno a diferentes assuntos conectados à memória, tais como a guerra, a propaganda e a utilização do passado.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>Crônicas medievais – Livro dos Feitos – Comportamento político cultural.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong>: This article aims to presente part of the our research carried out during the stay abroad for PhD researching at the Warburg Institute – University of London, as theoric and methodologic step of improvement to prepare our PhD-Thesis at the Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i de l’Edat Mitjana of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After recover, adapt, and apply the concept of <em>political culture</em>, I identified a <em>political cultural behaviour</em> in the middle ages, which the book made part and was one of the several objects that were produced and utilized in this field. Furthermore, I also observed the main centers of production and destiny of this referencial object to the medieval politics and culture, such as the monastery, the chancellery, and the court, where the composition of this object had a connexion with the memory, such as the war, the propaganda, and the utilization of the past.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Medieval chronicles – Book of Deeds – Political Cultural Behaviour.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Processo judicial e poder político: práticas inquisitoriais no julgamento de condenação de Joana D’Arc

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-221
Author(s):  
C. C. TOLENTINO ◽  
Paulo Eduardo A. SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
The Political ◽  
Joan Of Arc ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Law ◽  
The Middle Ages

Records on the trial and sentencing for heresy of French warrior Joan of Arc dating to 1431 have been studied by a variety of fields. The present work explores the primary sources and several of these studies in the aim of analyzing the political significance of the forms adopted during the trial. From a perspective poised between the history of law and procedural law, the article clarifies aspects of the practical functioning of the Roman Canon inquisitorial procedure at the end of the Middle Ages, and, more widely, the phenomenon of the capillarization of the political power by means of the production of truth. The article concludes that, although Joan of Arc’s trial was clearly politically motivated, several of its dimensions correspond to the procedural practices of the time, leading us to an understanding that the influence of power over trials does not necessarily manifest in a direct violation of procedural rules, but rather in their very design and the ways in which they are put into operation.

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