The Controversy Surrounding Political and Secular Religion
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: Revue d’Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses
2019 – 4, 99e année, n° 4. varia - Author: Vazeux (Paul Israël)
- Pages: 491 to 515
- Journal: Journal of Religious History and Philosophy
This article returns to the controversy surrounding political and secular religion which divided French and German thinkers during and after World War II and which continues to animate contemporary philosophical debate. We first offer a conceptual formulation of the interpretative model of political and secular religion following Voegelin and Aron. We then do justice to Arendt’s fierce critique of this controversial species of the phenomenon of totalitarianism.
- CLIL theme: 4046 -- RELIGION -- Christianisme -- Théologie
- ISBN: 978-2-406-09894-2
- EAN: 9782406098942
- ISSN: 2269-479X
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09894-2.p.0027
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 12-10-2019
- Periodicity: Quarterly
- Language: French
- Keyword: Political and secular religions, totalitarianism, secularization quarrel, Judeo-Christian eschatology, millenarianism, Eric Voegelin, Raymond Aron, Karl Löwith, Hans Blumenberg, Hannah Arendt
