Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

This article explores the concept of civil religion from the perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It starts with a discussion of the essence of sovereignty as the implementation of general will, which, the author explains, is manifested in the obedience of the laws. The article then discusses the w...

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Main Author: Claudio Tugnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Religions and Denominations 2013-12-01
Series:Religious Inquiries
Subjects:
civil religion
jean-jacques rousseau
sovereignty
general will
Online Access:http://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_11258_1c4edaee8abdd0ee2af6a57262e130f2.pdf
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spelling doaj-703dac9e72b8483ea813d37cad3ef2ab2020-11-25T01:38:57ZengUniversity of Religions and DenominationsReligious Inquiries2322-48942538-62712013-12-0124415511258Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques RousseauClaudio Tugnoli0Independent ResearcherThis article explores the concept of civil religion from the perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It starts with a discussion of the essence of sovereignty as the implementation of general will, which, the author explains, is manifested in the obedience of the laws. The article then discusses the way in which, in Rousseau’s view, institutional mechanisms work and thereupon explores how he envisaged the role of religion in the constitution of states and concludes with explaining the meaning of civil religion in his thought.http://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_11258_1c4edaee8abdd0ee2af6a57262e130f2.pdfcivil religionjean-jacques rousseausovereigntygeneral will
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sovereignty
general will
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title Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
title_short Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
title_full Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
title_fullStr Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
title_full_unstemmed Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
title_sort logos and ethos: the civil religion in the political philosophy of jean-jacques rousseau
publisher University of Religions and Denominations
series Religious Inquiries
issn 2322-4894
2538-6271
publishDate 2013-12-01
description This article explores the concept of civil religion from the perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It starts with a discussion of the essence of sovereignty as the implementation of general will, which, the author explains, is manifested in the obedience of the laws. The article then discusses the way in which, in Rousseau’s view, institutional mechanisms work and thereupon explores how he envisaged the role of religion in the constitution of states and concludes with explaining the meaning of civil religion in his thought.
topic civil religion
jean-jacques rousseau
sovereignty
general will
url http://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_11258_1c4edaee8abdd0ee2af6a57262e130f2.pdf
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