So What's New about Scholasticism?

In So What's New about Scholasticism? thirteen international scholars gauge the extraordinary impact of a religiously inspired conceptual framework in a modern society. The essays that are brought together in this volume reveal that Neo-Thomism became part of contingent social contexts and varying intellectual domains. Rather than an ecclesiastic project of like-minded believers, Neo-Thomism was put into place as a source of inspiration for various concepts of modernization and progress.

This volume reconstructs how Neo-Thomism sought to resolve disparities, annul contradictions and reconcile incongruent, new developments. It asks the question why Neo-Thomist ideas and arguments were put into play and how they were transferred across various scientific disciplines and artistic media, growing into one of the most influential master-narratives of the twentieth century.

Edward Baring, Dries Bosschaert, James Chappel, Adi Efal-Lautenschl ger, Rajesh Heynickx, Sigrid Leyssen, Christopher Morrissey, Annette M lberger, Jaume Navarro, Herman Paul, Karim Schelkens, Wim Weymans and John Carter Wood reconstruct a bewildering, yet decipherable thought-structure that has left a deep mark on twentieth century politics, philosophy, science and religion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110586282
• ISBN13: 9783110586282
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary