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The Intoxication of Power

An Analysis of Civil Religion in Relation to Ideology

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. Maureen Henry

    1. St. John’s University, Jamaica, USA

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Part of the book series: Sovietica (SOVA, volume 43)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Foundations: The Roman Civil Religion

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 1-22

  3. Errand into the Wilderness: The City upon a Hill

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 23-42

  4. The Reordering of the Cosmos

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 43-60

  5. The Public Philosophy

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 61-80

  6. The Civil Theology: Myths of Destiny

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 81-100

  7. Christianity and the Civil Religion

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 101-109

  8. Hobbes: The Religion of Terror

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 110-131

  9. The Christian Tradition and Hobbes’ Civil Theology

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 132-149

  10. Rousseau: The Religion of Self-Love

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 150-174

  11. Saint-Simon and Comte: The Religion of Progress

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 175-193

  12. Hegel and Marxism-Leninism: The Resolution of the Conflict

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 194-222

  13. Postscript

    • Maureen Henry
    Pages 223-227

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 228-234
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Authors and Affiliations

  • St. John’s University, Jamaica, USA

    Maureen Henry

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Intoxication of Power

  • Book Subtitle: An Analysis of Civil Religion in Relation to Ideology

  • Authors: Maureen Henry

  • Series Title: Sovietica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9497-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1027-7Published: 31 December 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9499-7Published: 09 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9497-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0561-2551

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 234

  • Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy, general

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