The second birth : on the political beginnings of human existence

"This book inquires anew into the question: whence originates the political Gestalt of human life and what does it entail? In pursuit of this question the book attempts to undertake a transcultural and transhistorical grounding of political theory. The material for it has accordingly been taken from classical works of different cultural spheres. Ancient Greek, Jewish and Christian, Chinese, Arabic, ancient Egyptian, and Indian texts have been examined with regard to their fundamental claims. Analysis of these texts showed that the visions of the political existence of human begins that they entertain can be surprisingly similar ... In this way, a body of knowledge that had largely fallen into oblivion owing to the advent of modernity could be recovered and made available for contemporary political theory. It is precisely this knowledge that has the potential for providing the foundation for transcultural commonalities in our own times"--Preface.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die zweite Geburt des Menschen
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780226038056 ; 022603805X
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Extent: xvi, 166 Seiten
• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Das Politische

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Cicago
• (who): The University of Chicago Press
• (when): 2015
• Creator: Schabert, Tilo
• Contributor: Ibáñez-Noé, Javier

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1081648171/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:46 PM CEST