Zoltan Balazs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1102178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zoltan Balazs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zoltan |
| FAMILY NAME | Balazs |
| SIGNATURE | BALAZS Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Corvinus University of Budapest |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8081-3471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Perpetuation of Sovereignty
Creation, Fall and Political Theology
This paper discusses the two creation stories of Genesis, arguing that the theology inherent to them does not support the standard assumption of divine and political sovereignty being analogous concepts. God has endowed Man with unique faculties necessary to act as God's vicar within creation, but these faculties have become essentially distorted by the Fall. Although, understandably, there is precious little in the Bible about how Man's governin…
Phenomenology of Conversion
This essay considers J. H. Newman's and Aurel Kolnai's conversions from a phenomenological point of view. Newman's conversion or conversions are often cited as classic examples, though he was reluctant to use this notion, preferring to see his journey as a long process, an account of which is provided in his Apologia Pro Vita Sua. His Grammar of Assent is less often cited in this context, but it helps more to make sense of conversion as an experi…
Does the sovereign exist? Robert Musil’s political theology
The paper discusses a possible political theological interpretation of arguments developed in Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities. What emerges is that Musil (or his characters) pose a fundamental challenge to the possibility of any real analogy between God and the political sovereign, as suggested by Carl Schmitt. At stake is Austria as a yet-to-be-born modern sovereign. However, the novel shows why attempts to conceive it in an image of Go…
The Sovereign’s Beatitude
Though it may sound awkward to ask whether the political sovereign is happy or unhappy, the question is relevant to political theory, especially within a political theological perspective. Because man was created in the image of God, human happiness needs to be a reflection of divine beatitude, and as divine sovereignty is, at least analogically, related to political sovereignty, the conceptual coherence is secured. The main argument is, however,…
Power and animality in Kafka’s The Castle
Animality is a leitmotif in Kafka’s works. It has been studied from various points of view, but rarely in the context of power. Further, The Castle has been largely ignored in studies on animality in his oeuvre. This paper suggests that the novel, though animals as such are basically absent from it, is permeated with animality and that its focus on power interacts with animality in various ways. In particular, by the metaphor of animality, the th…
Artificial eternity
Power and animality in Kafka’s The Castle
Animality is a leitmotif in Kafka’s works. It has been studied from various points of view, but rarely in the context of power. Further, The Castle has been largely ignored in studies on animality in his oeuvre. This paper suggests that the novel, though animals as such are basically absent from it, is permeated with animality and that its focus on power interacts with animality in various ways. In particular, by the metaphor of animality, the th…
Power and animality in Kafka’s The Castle
Animality is a leitmotif in Kafka’s works. It has been studied from various points of view, but rarely in the context of power. Further, The Castle has been largely ignored in studies on animality in his oeuvre. This paper suggests that the novel, though animals as such are basically absent from it, is permeated with animality and that its focus on power interacts with animality in various ways. In particular, by the metaphor of animality, the th…
Artificial eternity
Does the sovereign exist? Robert Musil’s political theology
The paper discusses a possible political theological interpretation of arguments developed in Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities. What emerges is that Musil (or his characters) pose a fundamental challenge to the possibility of any real analogy between God and the political sovereign, as suggested by Carl Schmitt. At stake is Austria as a yet-to-be-born modern sovereign. However, the novel shows why attempts to conceive it in an image of Go…
The Sovereign’s Beatitude
Though it may sound awkward to ask whether the political sovereign is happy or unhappy, the question is relevant to political theory, especially within a political theological perspective. Because man was created in the image of God, human happiness needs to be a reflection of divine beatitude, and as divine sovereignty is, at least analogically, related to political sovereignty, the conceptual coherence is secured. The main argument is, however,…
Creation, Fall and Political Theology
This paper discusses the two creation stories of Genesis, arguing that the theology inherent to them does not support the standard assumption of divine and political sovereignty being analogous concepts. God has endowed Man with unique faculties necessary to act as God's vicar within creation, but these faculties have become essentially distorted by the Fall. Although, understandably, there is precious little in the Bible about how Man's governin…
Phenomenology of Conversion
This essay considers J. H. Newman's and Aurel Kolnai's conversions from a phenomenological point of view. Newman's conversion or conversions are often cited as classic examples, though he was reluctant to use this notion, preferring to see his journey as a long process, an account of which is provided in his Apologia Pro Vita Sua. His Grammar of Assent is less often cited in this context, but it helps more to make sense of conversion as an experi…
The Perpetuation of Sovereignty
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Political Theology and Sovereignty (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works)