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International Law and the Messianic Promise of Solidarity

Karageorgiou, Eleni LU (2024)
Abstract
This chapter explores the relevance of the Christian tradition to contemporary debates on solidarity in international law and human rights. It positions the genealogy of solidarity within early Christian writings in which the western theological concepts of suffering, love, and salvation are detailed. Linking the Pauline doctrine and writings of early theologians to the processes of modernity – of which notions such as the West, the Global South, good neighborliness, and human rights are a part – the concept of solidarity is traced to a particularly Christian dynamic. As such, the promise of solidarity in international legal discourse, human rights discourse, and refugee discourse is considered as analogous to the way in which forms of... (More)
This chapter explores the relevance of the Christian tradition to contemporary debates on solidarity in international law and human rights. It positions the genealogy of solidarity within early Christian writings in which the western theological concepts of suffering, love, and salvation are detailed. Linking the Pauline doctrine and writings of early theologians to the processes of modernity – of which notions such as the West, the Global South, good neighborliness, and human rights are a part – the concept of solidarity is traced to a particularly Christian dynamic. As such, the promise of solidarity in international legal discourse, human rights discourse, and refugee discourse is considered as analogous to the way in which forms of messianism manifest themselves through a Christian logic of love, sacrifice, and debt. (Less)
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solidarity, christian love, messianic, kairos, Paul
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The Question of Solidarity in Law and Politics
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Karageorgiou, Eleni and Noll, Gregor
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Cambridge University Press
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English
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  abstract     = {{This chapter explores the relevance of the Christian tradition to contemporary debates on solidarity in international law and human rights. It positions the genealogy of solidarity within early Christian writings in which the western theological concepts of suffering, love, and salvation are detailed. Linking the Pauline doctrine and writings of early theologians to the processes of modernity – of which notions such as the West, the Global South, good neighborliness, and human rights are a part – the concept of solidarity is traced to a particularly Christian dynamic. As such, the promise of solidarity in international legal discourse, human rights discourse, and refugee discourse is considered as analogous to the way in which forms of messianism manifest themselves through a Christian logic of love, sacrifice, and debt.}},
  author       = {{Karageorgiou, Eleni}},
  booktitle    = {{The Question of Solidarity in Law and Politics}},
  editor       = {{Karageorgiou, Eleni and Noll, Gregor}},
  keywords     = {{solidarity; christian love; messianic; kairos; Paul}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  title        = {{International Law and the Messianic Promise of Solidarity}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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