Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness (eBook)
200 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3260-0 (ISBN)
Flannery O'Connor's fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. Foss's book reveals the extent to which O'Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy. She understood the ideas upon which the American regime rests, and she evaluated those ideas from the standpoint of both faith and reason. Foss's book explains why O'Connor feared that the modern habit to govern by tenderness would lead to terror. After a thorough account of her familiarity with the history of political philosophy, Foss shows how the works of Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, and Nietzsche inform O'Connor's stories. This does not mean that O'Connor was writing about politics in the narrow sense. Her vision was deeply theological, and she carefully avoided topical stories that promote social agendas. Her concern was with the health of the American regime more broadly, insofar as the manners of a regime affect citizens' attitudes toward religion. O'Connor does not present a political theory of her own, but as Foss argues, she was a political philosopher in the original sense of the word. Her stories give clear accounts of her political wisdom. Foss further shows the continued relevance of her wisdom in age dominated by abstract modern theories, such as that of John Rawls.
Jerome C. Foss is associate professor of politics at Saint Vincent College.
1. Mystery, Manners, and Regimes2. The Ancient View of Politics3. The Intelligent Holiness of the Medieval Mind 4. The First Modern Man: The Master of Things5. The Second Modern Man: Caught in a Maze of Guilt6. The Third Modern Man: Feeling About for the Lost God7. Returning to the Source of Tenderness 8. Concluding Reflection: Motes and Rawls in America
Reihe/Serie | Politics, Literature, & Film |
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Verlagsort | Lanham |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Schlagworte | american political thought • Aristotle • Classical Political Philosophy • Flannery O’Connor • History of Political Philosophy • John Rawls • Medieval Political Thought • Modern Political Thought • Southern Literature • Thomas Aquinas |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-3260-8 / 1498532608 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-3260-0 / 9781498532600 |
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