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Book Freedom in the Modern World

Download or read book Freedom in the Modern World written by Michael D. Torre and published by University of Notre Dame Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine the full range of human freedom - both freedom of choice and political freedom. Much of the discussion centres on The Idea of Freedom by Adler and the volume concludes with two essays in metaphysics.

Book Man and the State

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacques Maritain
  • Publisher : CUA Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780813209050
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Man and the State written by Jacques Maritain and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of time-transcending value, this book is probably the most succinct and clearest statement of Thomistic political theory available to the English-language reader. Written during his exile from war-torn Europe, Man and the State is the fruit of Maritain's considerable learning as well as his reflections on his positive American experience and on the failure of regimes he closely encountered on the Continent."--Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America "The lectures that were the basis for Man and the State were delivered at the University of Chicago at a time when Maritain was still in the first enthusiasm of his participation in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He devotes particular attention to the concept of rights, since, historically, rights theories were fashioned to supplant the natural law theory to which Maritain as a Thomist gives his allegiance. Maritain provides an ingenious and profound theory as to how natural law and natural rights can be complementary. For this reason alone it remains a fundamental contribution to political philosophy, but it is filled with other gems as well. Was Maritain too optimistic in his appraisal of modernity? Or have we unjustly lost the optimism that was his? Man and the State is an invitation to rethink the way we pose the basic questions of political philosophy."--Ralph McInerny, Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), distinguished French Catholic philosopher and writer, was the author of more than fifty books. A preeminent interpreter of the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Maritain was a professor of philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris, Columbia University, and Princeton University. He served as French Ambassador to the Vatican from 1945 to 1948. CONTENTS 1. The People and the State 2. The Concept of Sovereignty 3. The Problem of Means 4. The Rights of Man 5. The Democratic Charter 6. Church and State 7. The Problem of World Government

Book Personal and political freedom according to Jacques Maritain

Download or read book Personal and political freedom according to Jacques Maritain written by Romanus C. Nwaereka and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Theology of Freedom

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Wesley Cooper
  • Publisher : Mercer University Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 9780865541726
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book The Theology of Freedom written by John Wesley Cooper and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Freedom in the Modern World

Download or read book Freedom in the Modern World written by Jacques Maritain and published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1935 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the second part ... certain themes that occupied our attention in an earlier work (Religion and culture) are resumed and developed."--Foreward. Translation of Du r©♭gime temporel et de la libert©♭. Includes bibliographical references. Philosophy of freedom -- Religion and culture -- On the purification of means -- Appendices: Person and property --Doctrine of "Satyagraha" as set forth by M.K. Gandhi.

Book The Foundations of Jacques Maritain s Political Philosophy

Download or read book The Foundations of Jacques Maritain s Political Philosophy written by Hwa Yol Jung and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jacques Maritain  1882 1973   Christian Democrat  and the Quest for a New Commonwealth

Download or read book Jacques Maritain 1882 1973 Christian Democrat and the Quest for a New Commonwealth written by M. Susan Power and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines Maritain's definition of the common good and personal rights, and his analysis of christian democracy. Also considers his endorsement of lay participation in Church and political affairs, his effort to expand human rights internationally, his insistence on social justice for members of the working class, and his promotion of religious and racial toleration. His vision for a new christian commonwealth has gained increasing significance because of the current opportunity for restructuring European affairs. $79.95 196pp. 1993

Book Jacques Maritain in the 21st Century

Download or read book Jacques Maritain in the 21st Century written by Walter Schultz and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his rebellious youth through his yearning for sainthood as one of the 20th century’s leading Christian philosophers, the quest for liberation defines Jacques Maritain (1882-1973). Throughout the 20th century, Maritain rejected the egocentric isolation rampant throughout liberal society, as well as totalitarian collectivism. Maritain promoted the human person, open by way of nature and grace to integral liberation and redemption through authentic community. This book argues that Maritain contributes to our understanding in the 21st century of the myriad, yet coalescing, movements seeking to address global economic sustainability, the fostering of human rights and participatory democracy. Through a series of papers published over the course of more than 20 years, from the tail-end of the 20th century through the first decades of the 21st century, Maritain’s social and political thought engages contemporary thinkers and movements with penetrating insight.

Book Reassessing the Liberal State

Download or read book Reassessing the Liberal State written by Timothy Fuller and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays revisits Jacques Maritain's book, the University of Chicago Walgreen lectures of 1949, and critically engages its themes and arguments. It covers the character of the modern state, and its relation to the body politic and the state's functions and claims.

Book Christianity and Democracy  the Rights of Man and Natural Law

Download or read book Christianity and Democracy the Rights of Man and Natural Law written by Jacques Maritain and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few political philosophers have laid such stress upon the organic and dynamic characters of human rights, rooted as they are in natural law, as did the great 20th century philosopher, Jacques Maritain. Few Christian scholars have placed such emphasis upon the influence of evangelical inspiration, or of the Gospel message, upon the temporal order as has Maritain.As this important work reveals, the philosophy of Jacques Maritain on natural law and human rights is complemented by and can only be properly understood in the light of his teaching on Christianity and democracy and their relationship. Maritain takes pains to point out that Christianity cannot be made subservient to any political form or regime, that democracy is linked to Christianity and not the other way around, and that every just regime, such as the classic forms of monarchy, aristocracy and republic, is compatible with Christianity and in it a person is able to achieve some measure of fulfillment even in the temporal order.At the same time he argues his distinctive thesis that personalist or organic democracy provides a fuller measure of freedom and fulfillment and that it emerges or begins to take shape under the inspiration of the Gospel. Even the modern democracies we do in fact have, with all their weaknesses, represent an historic gain for the person and they spring, he urges, from the very Gospel they so wantonly repudiate!

Book Jacques Maritain and the Moral Foundation of Democracy

Download or read book Jacques Maritain and the Moral Foundation of Democracy written by John DiJoseph and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, John DiJoseph probes the philosophical presuppositions that undergird Jacques Maritain's political theory, particularly his theory that democracy and Christianity are inexorably linked. Maritain's theory of democracy is particularly relevant today with the ascendancy of what Maritain called bourgeois liberal democracy in the United States and Western Europe; a type of democracy that Maritain thought would lead to the eventual demise of Western culture. In opposition to the bourgeois liberal democracy, Maritain posited a personalist democracy with a uniquely Christain soul. DiJoseph traces the historical and philosophical development of Maritain's debt to Henri Bergson and Alexis De Tocqueville and Maritain's break with classical Christian and Catholic political thought. The book will not only appeal to scholars of history and political science but also to those concerned with the current debate over the philosophical basis of democracy and the cultural decline of the West.

Book Understanding Maritain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Deal Wyatt Hudson
  • Publisher : Mercer University Press
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780865542792
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book Understanding Maritain written by Deal Wyatt Hudson and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom

Download or read book The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom written by Peter A. Pagan Aguiar and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collection of essays on the metaphysical underpinnings of intellectual and individual freedom within a civic-political order or cultural milieu"--Provided by publisher.

Book Scholasticism and Politics

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  • Author : Jacques 1882-1973 Maritain
  • Publisher : Hassell Street Press
  • Release : 2021-09-09
  • ISBN : 9781014340559
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Scholasticism and Politics written by Jacques 1882-1973 Maritain and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Freedom and Community

Download or read book Freedom and Community written by Yves R. Simon and published by New York : Fordham University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of liberty here propounded by Simon, along with his analysis of authority, democracy, and practical wisdom, contains the elements of a political philosophy that can provide direction to other contemporary political theorists of our times. While the latter have gathered great masses of political facts, they have lacked a normative set of ideas that can make these facts meaningful and useful to political society. Simons position as a philosopher rather than as a political scientist, is that while there is a science of social and political facts, a normative moral philosophy that knows the ends of human action is necessary because people make good or bad use of their freedom. As always, Simon here writes with a lucidity and moderation that will be satisfying to reasonable people looking for a way out of skepticism and uncertainty. He was no dogmatist, but he knew what he knew and what he did not know. This is the beginning of wisdom and a model for philosophers.

Book Encyclopedia of Political Theory

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Political Theory written by Mark Bevir and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 1585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the roots of contemporary political theory, this three-volume set examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them, and provides concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools and figures.