The Past and the Future of Medieval Politics: L’augustinisme politique, Political Theology, and Regimes of Right

The Past and the Future of Medieval Politics: L’augustinisme politique, Political Theology, and Regimes of Right

Veranstalter
Prof. Dr. Karl Ubl (University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. Courtney Booker (University of British Columbia)
Veranstaltungsort
Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies, Weyertal 59 (rear building), 50937 Köln
Ort
Cologne
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
28.03.2015 -
Website
Von
Lioba Geis, Historisches Institut, Lehrstuhl für Geschichte des Mittelalters, Universität zu Köln

In 1922 Carl Schmitt published his essay, “Political Theology”, arguing that all concepts of modern political thought are secularized theological concepts. In 1934, the same year that Schmitt released a revised edition of Political Theology, Henri-Xavier Arquillière published his essay "L’augustinisme politique", arguing that all concepts of early medieval political thought are sacralized temporal concepts. To what extent have these powerful, tenacious theories of sacralization, secularization, and legitimation informed, and continue to shape, modern ideas about medieval politics and the concept of the political?

Programm

10:00-11:00
Courtney Booker (University of British Columbia), “Sacred Kingdom, Penitential State: A Short History of L’augustinisme politique”

11:00-12:00
Geoffrey Koziol (University of California, Berkeley), “Necessity, Exception, and Post-Carolingian Justifications of Rebellion”

LUNCH

2:00-3:00
Karl Ubl (University of Cologne), “Rise of Laicism, Aristotle and Political Augustinism: Revisiting the Conflict between Philip the Fair and the Papacy”

COFFEE BREAK

3:30-4:30
Eugene Sheppard (Brandeis University), “The Battle of Leviathan and Behemoth: Catastrophe and Jewish Messianic Vengeance from Isaac Abravanel to the Third Reich”

4:30-5:30
Lars Vinx (Bilkent University), “On Hobbes’s Definition of Religion”

5:30
Closing Remarks

Kontakt

Prof. Dr. Karl Ubl
Lehrstuhl für Geschichte des Mittelalters
Historisches Institut
Universität zu Köln
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln