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Rebrov S.A. Political Theology of Contingency: Reading Materialists with Carl Schmitt. RUDN Journal of Political Science. 2023. Vol. 25. No. 2. Pp. 308-318. Doi: 10.22363 ...



Rebrov S.A. Political Theology of Contingency: Reading Materialists with Carl Schmitt. RUDN Journal of Political Science. 2023. Vol. 25. No. 2. Pp. 308-318. Doi: 10.22363/2313-1438-2023-25-2-308-318.
ISSN 2313-1438
DOI 10.22363/2313-1438-2023-25-2-308-318
РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/contents.asp?id=54157502

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Abstract

Political theology is one of the most problematic spheres in modern political theory. The clash of positions between supporters of individual interpretations of this discipline, on the one hand, is a serious problem, however, in this sense, the absence of strict definitions opens an opportunity for the most unusual forms of interaction between politics and religion. Even in the case when religion acts exclusively as an analogy of any other worldview position. The study relies on a comparative historical analysis of various definitions of political theology; the method of philosophical deconstruction is used for a general description of the possible combination of the principles of political theology and materialism. This research considers the possibilities of a conceptual combination of the principles of political theology and materialistic philosophy, the foundations of which in both cases are the concept of the specific angle, which at the worldview level can acquire a characteristic of God as a political founder.