Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God

Keys, Mary M.

ISBN 10: 1009201085 / ISBN 13: 9781009201087

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009201085
• ISBN 13: 9781009201087
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is the first to interpret and reflect on Augustine's seminal argument concerning humility and pride, especially in politics and philosophy, in The City of God. Mary Keys shows how contemporary readers have much to gain from engaging Augustine's lengthy argument on behalf of virtuous humility. She also demonstrates how a deeper understanding of the classical and Christian philosophical-rhetorical modes of discourse in The City of God enables readers to appreciate and evaluate Augustine's nuanced case for humility in politics, philosophy, and religion. Comprised of a series of interpretive essays and commentaries following Augustine's own order of segments and themes in The City of God, Keys' volume unpacks the author's complex text and elucidates its challenge, meaning, and importance for contemporary readers. It also illuminates a central, yet easily underestimated theme with perennial relevance in a classic work of political thought and religion.

About the Author

Mary M. Keys is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. The author of Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good, she has contributed to numerous journals and books, including The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'City of God'.