Overview
- Analyzes the political philosophy of Edith Stein
- Applies Stein’s work to real issues and questions affecting nations today
- Situates Stein’s political theory within her larger philosophical corpus
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 110)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Edith Stein’s Concept of the State
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Front Matter
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Applications and Extensions of Stein’s Theory of the State
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Keywords
- Edith Stein and Social Phenomenology
- Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
- Edith Stein’s Political Philosophy
- Empathy in the Edith Stein’s Theory of the State
- Globalization and Social and Political Inequality
- Nationhood, State and Mysticism
- Positive and Apriori Law
- Rights, Bioethics, Ethics and Values
- Social Psychology, Feminism, and Political Theology
- Sociality and Social Ontology
- The Issue of State Power and Its Abuses
- Woman and the State
- Edith Stein and Political Theology
- Edith Stein and Theory of the State
About this book
This book explores Edith Stein's phenomenology of the state. It features chapters on the application of Stein’s political philosophy to real issues and questions affecting nations today. The contributors also situate Stein’s political theory within her larger philosophical corpus.
The collection examines An Investigation Concerning the State from various angles. Scholars first consider some of the direct claims Stein makes about social and political ontology. They mine her work for its implications for and applications to contemporary debates. Then, the contributors position her work in relation to other figures in phenomenology, including Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler. Finally, Stein’s views are brought to bear on other disciplines, including feminism, theology, and literature. The contributors also use her theory of the state to address various contemporary issues, including bioethics and rights, globalization, as well as social and political inequality.
The view of the state that emerges has implications for how we do politics and make ethical decisions. Moreover, Stein's work has an impact on our views of sociality (as opposed to the sociality of contractarian views of the state), pedagogy, women, theories of justice and law, as well as social psychology and religion. This volume helps readers better understand this vital voice in political philosophy and appeals to students, professors, and researchers working in the field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Antonio Calcagno isProfessor of Philosophy at King’s University College at Western University, London, Canada. In 2015 he became a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of Giordano Bruno and the Logic of Coincidence (1998), Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time (2007), The Philosophy of Edith Stein (2007), Lived Experience from the Inside Out: Social and Political Philosophy in Edith Stein (2014). He is also the editor of Gerda Walther's Phenomenology of Sociality, Psychology, and Religion (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State: Sociality, Nationhood, Ethics
Editors: Eva Reyes-Gacitúa, Antonio Calcagno
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33781-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33780-3Published: 25 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33783-4Published: 25 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33781-0Published: 24 February 2020
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 148
Topics: Phenomenology, Political Philosophy, Ethics