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The Augustinian Imperative : A Reflection on the Politics of Morality - William E. Connolly

The Augustinian Imperative

A Reflection on the Politics of Morality

By: William E. Connolly

eText | 11 April 2002 | Edition Number 1

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An entirely new interpretation of one of the most seminal and widely read figures in the history of political thought, The Augustinian Imperative is also "an archaeological investigation into the intellectual foundation of liberal societies." Drawing support from Nietzsche and Foucault, Connolly argues that the Augustinian Imperative contains unethical implications: its carriers too often convert living signs that threaten their ontological self-confidence into modes of otherness to be condemned, punished, or converted in order to restore that confidence. With a lucidity and rhetorical power that makes it readily accessible, The Augustinian Imperative examines Augustine's enactment of the Imperative, explores alternative ethico-political orientations, and subsequently reveals much about the politics of morality in the modern age.

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The great interest of Connolly's book is the masterly way in which he shows the emergence and consolidation of the moral sensibility which has had a lasting influence in our culture and which only begins to fade away in a post-Nietzschean era. This bookis not simply the history of a doctrine and its lasting effects; it also illuminates the pre-suppositions that made that doctrine acceptable and that governed the various substitutions. It truly belongs to what can legitimately be called the history ofBeing.
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