NAUKA O PANSTWIE A TEOLOGIA W UJECIU HANSA KELSENA/Hans Kelsen on the Relation of the Theory of the State and Theology

The paper pays attention to the theological-political themes in the thought of an Austrian lawyer and philosopher Hans Kelsen (1881-1973). It especially aims to explore one of the lesser known aspects of his legal theory that is the parallelism between theology and the Staatslehre. I attempt to reco...

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Published in:Politeja 2016-01, Vol.13 (45), p.87
Main Author: Górnisiewicz, Arkadiusz
Format: Article
Language:Polish
Subjects:
Kelsen, Hans
Philosophers
Political theory
States
Theology
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Summary:The paper pays attention to the theological-political themes in the thought of an Austrian lawyer and philosopher Hans Kelsen (1881-1973). It especially aims to explore one of the lesser known aspects of his legal theory that is the parallelism between theology and the Staatslehre. I attempt to reconstruct the numerous structural analogies between theology and the legal and political theory discussed in various Kelsen's works. By focusing on these analogies, I am trying to understand their place and meaning within Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. I claim that they constitute a preliminary tough indispensable part of Kelsen's effort to construct a theory that completely identifies the state and the legal order and to do away with the influence of theology and metaphysics.
ISSN:1733-6716
2391-6737
DOI:10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.45.05