The "polis" of God. Double medieval power and supernaturalization of politics

Abstract

Francisco Bertelloni in “La teoría política medieval entre la tradición clásica y la modernidad” (2010) seeks to show how the transition from classical political philosophy to modern social philosophy finds a decisive moment in medieval political theory, particularly verifiable in On Kingship of Thomas Aquinas, since there occurs a reduction of the concept of polis to oikos. In this presentation, we seek first to propose a reinterpretation of the historical genesis of the medieval double power; secondly, to reconstruct the author’s argument on the abovementioned reduction; finally, to suggest an interpretation of On Kingship, complementary to the thesis of the author, in reference to a possible displacement to a supernatural plane of the political content inherent to the classic conception.