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Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson

"This study examines the three political philosophers that arguably laid the intellectual foundations for contemporary life in the liberal democratic west: Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson. These revolutionary thinkers redefined the relation of religion and politics and set modern history on a path of democratic development that continues to this day"--

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  • ""This study examines the three political philosophers that arguably laid the intellectual foundations for contemporary life in the liberal democratic west: Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson. These revolutionary thinkers redefined the relation of religion and politics and set modern history on a path of democratic development that continues to this day"--"@en
  • ""This study examines the three political philosophers that arguably laid the intellectual foundations for contemporary life in the liberal democratic west: Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson. These revolutionary thinkers redefined the relation of religion and politics and set modern history on a path of democratic development that continues to this day"--"
  • ""This study examines the intersection of two philosophical developments that arguably have come to define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west. First, it considers how democracy has transformed historically from being one among several plausible forms of government into the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime. Second, it considers how modern democracy attempts to solve what has been called the 'theological-political problem,' that is, the competing claims to rule grounded in conflicting appeals to reason and revelation, by determining that consent of the people would replace divine authorization as the source of political authority. Understanding the emergence of modern democracy requires examining the manner in which democratic political thinkers, most importantly Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Thomas Jefferson re-conceptualized the traditional understanding of the relation between politics and religion. This book will show that Spinoza, Rousseau and Jefferson were the three who made the democratic west we know today"--"@en
  • ""This study examines the intersection of two philosophical developments that arguably have come to define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west. First, it considers how democracy has transformed historically from being one among several plausible forms of government into the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime. Second, it considers how modern democracy attempts to solve what has been called the 'theological-political problem,' that is, the competing claims to rule grounded in conflicting appeals to reason and revelation, by determining that consent of the people would replace divine authorization as the source of political authority. Understanding the emergence of modern democracy requires examining the manner in which democratic political thinkers, most importantly Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Thomas Jefferson re-conceptualized the traditional understanding of the relation between politics and religion. This book will show that Spinoza, Rousseau and Jefferson were the three who made the democratic west we know today"--"
  • "The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem."."@en

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  • "Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson"
  • "Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson"

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