Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State: Sociality, Nationhood, Ethics (Contributions to Phenomenology, 110)

Introduction
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Edith Stein’s Concept of the State
	The Place of the State in Phenomenological Reflection
		1 Phenomenology and the State
		2 The Husserlian Theory of the State
		3 A priori Law vs. Positive Law
		4 Conclusion
		References
	Woman and the State in Edith Stein’s Thought
		1 Woman, Private Life, and the State
		2 Public Opinion and the State’s Position on Women
		3 Women’s Education and State Limits
		4 Education and the State
		5 Concluding Observations
		References
	People and State in Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		1 Introduction
		2 A People as Popular Community
		3 The People-State Relationship
			3.1 Community and State Organization
			3.2 The Possibility of Separation Between People and State
			3.3 A State May Comprise Several Units of Peoples
		4 People and State: Final Observations
		References
	Certain Legal Presuppositions About the Idea of Law in Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		1 What is the Underlying Idea of Law in Stein’s Work on the State?
			1.1 Pure Law and Positive Law
			1.2 Existence and Validity of the Law
			1.3 The Relationship Between State and Law
			1.4 The Rights-Person-State Relationship
		References
	Legal Personhood in Positive Law and Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		1 Chilean Positive Law
			1.1 Personality in Chilean Law
			1.2 Chilean State Institutions
		2 The Steinian Perspective of the State
			2.1 State and Social Organization
			2.2 Sovereignty and State Community
			2.3 State and Law
			2.4 The State: Natural or Legal Entity?
			2.5 State and Acts of Government
			2.6 The State as a Legal Person
			2.7 Chilean Law
		Reference
	Sovereignty and the Ethical Demands of the State
		1 Introduction
		2 The Essential Definition of the State
		3 The Problem of Sovereignty
		4 Sovereignty, Freedom, and Rights
		5 Value and the Ethical Demands of the State
		6 Possible Conflict?
		References
	Religion, Mysticism, and the State
		1 Framing the Question
		2 Religion, and the Mysticism of John of the Cross
		3 Expanding Community to Include the Transcendent
		4 Sovereignty
		5 Freedom, Autarchy, and Subversion
		References
	The Challenges Posed by the Community of Law-Givers and Law-Followers in Edith Stein’s Idea of the State
		1 Stein’s Theory of Society and Community
		2 The State
		3 Argument
		References
Part II: Applications and Extensions of Stein’s Theory of the State
	Bioethics and Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		1 The Principles of Sociality and Subsidiarity
		References
	The Issue of the State’s Power and Its Abuse in the Literature of Gertrud von le Fort in Light of Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		References
	The Justification of the Modern State in Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State: A Political Theological View
		1 The Structure of the State
		2 Identity of Statehood and Sovereignty
		3 Self-Limitation of the State and Freedom
		4 The Radical Ambivalence of the State
		5 On the “Justification” of the State
		6 State and Human Rights
		7 Post-Conciliar Political Theology and the State
		References
	Forms of the State: An Approach to the Work of Edith Stein Based on Its Aristotelian Influences
		1 The Role of Community
		2 Parallels Between Forms of State
		3 A Parallel
		4 Aristotle: Politics and Ethics
		5 Aristotle: Types of Rule
		6 Some Concluding Reflections
		References
	The Current Process of the Constituent Assembly and the Relevance of Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
		1 The Question of Human Dignity
		2 The Current Process of the Constituent Assembly in Chile
			2.1 The German Case and Its Connection to Edith Stein
			2.2 The Chilean Process
				2.2.1 The Process of the Constituent Assembly?
				2.2.2 The Current Constituent Process
		3 The Relevance of Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State
			3.1 Previous Considerations
			3.2 Ideas That Can Contribute to the Process
		References