[eBook Code] Beyond Secular Order (eBook Code, 1st)

Acknowledgements ix

Preface: The Hidden Dimension of Humanity 1

Sequence on Modern Ontology 19

1 From Theology to Philosophy 19

2 The Four Pillars of Modern Philosophy 28

3 Modern Philosophy: A Theological Critique 49

4 Analogy versus Univocity 50

5 Identity versus Representation 57

6 Intentionality and Embodiment 66

7 Intentionality and Self hood 72

8 Reason and the Incarnation of the Logos 77

9 The Passivity of Modern Reason 81

10 The Baroque Simulation of Cosmic Order 86

11 Deconstructed Representation and Beyond 88

12 Passivity and Concursus 99

13 Representation in Philosophy 106

14 Actualism versus Possibilism 108

15 Influence versus Concurrence 112

16 Transition 113

Sequence on Political Ontology 114

1 Cosmos, Law and Morality 114

2 Metaphysics and Modern Politics 128

3 The Fate of the Rational Animal 137

4 The Irony of Representation 142

5 On Legal Concurrence 152

6 The Fate of the Social Animal 154

7 Representation and Mixed Government 170

8 Bureaucracy and the Formal Distinction 176

9 Form, Matter and Contract 177

10 The Antiquity of Historicism 184

11 The Sovereignty of the Artist 189

12 Eucharistic Creativity and Political Power 195

13 The Conundrum of Kingship 198

14 The Truth of Political Fiction 206

15 The Two Rival Constructions 208

16 Creativity and Mixed Government 211

17 Christological Constitutionalism 214

18 The Fate of the Fabricating Animal 218

19 The Fate of the Beast-Angel 220

20 The Death of Charity 225

21 Augustine’s Three Cities 228

22 Church as Cosmopolis 236

23 Aquinas and Kingship 240

24 The Theology of Ruling 247

25 The Ecumenico-Political Problem 254

26 Supernatural Charity and Global Order 257

27 Socialism Beyond the Left 261

28 Critique of All Materialisms 264

Index 271