Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- #GGSB: Onderwijs --- C6 --- universiteiten --- filosofie --- Onderwijs

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Philosophy --- #TS:KOMA --- #gsdbts100 --- Periodicals

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

" Que faisons-nous quand nous existons avant que de penser et de vouloir ? " Cette question posée dès l'introduction de l'ouvrage, en donne le ton. Certaine philosophie moderne (Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre) place toute la dignité de l'homme dans son agir, dans son activité. Mais n'y a-t-il pas une activité plus intérieure, fondement de toutes les autres : l'acte d'exister ? L'existence, loin de se réduire à un fait, à une donnée brute ou imposée dont il n'y aurait rien à dire (pensée grecque) ou qu'il faudrait récuser (Sartre), est un acte, une activité-source. Certes, cette existence nous est donnée (Heidegger), mais pour nous être appropriée ; donnée à tous les êtres et cœur de leur dignité - personnelle dans le cas des humains -,elle est en même temps le fondement de leur communion universelle. Reprise de l'ontologie de saint Thomas, mais qui, passée au filtre des philosophies moderne et contemporaine, s'en trouve approfondie. On signalera en particulier l'originalité du plaidoyer pour une philosophie de l'histoire différente et plus profonde que les " philosophies anthropocentriques de l'histoire ". Poursuite d'une philosophie chrétienne d'inspiration en même temps qu'authentiquement rationnelle : l'être reçu et approprié est fondement et symbole de la grâce.

Being --- Etre (Philosophie) --- Ontologie --- Ontology --- Zijn (Filosofie) --- Zijnsleer --- Philosophy and religion --- #GGSB: Filosofie --- C6 --- filosofie --- Opvoeding, onderwijs, wetenschap --- Christianity and philosophy --- Religion and philosophy --- Religion --- Philosophy --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Filosofie

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Philosophy --- Comparative philosophy --- Filosofie [Vergelijkende ] --- Philosophie comparée --- Philosophy [Comparative ] --- Vergelijkende filosofie --- Academic collection --- C1 --- filosofie --- Kerken en religie

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The present book is the result of the conference ‘Renovatio, inventio, absentia imperii. From the Roman Empire to Contemporary Imperialism’, held in Brussels at the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Academia Belgica in Rome (September 11-13, 2014). At the heart of the conference was the ‘reception’, ‘Nachleben’ or ‘permanence’ of the Roman Empire, of an idea and a historical paradigm which since classical Antiquity has supported the most widespread claims to obtain and consolidate power. The volume’s focus is on culture in a broad sense, i.e. including besides the arts, philosophy, religion and, most importantly, discourse. As such, a wide array of themes are subjected to academic scrutiny. Whereas the main focus is on Europe and North America, some contributors also reach out towards non-Western contexts, whether or not directly related to the Roman example. A theoretical and sociological dimension is also added thanks to the discussion on methodological issues. More specifically, the following question(s) receive particular attention: what is our position as researchers, embedded in a contemporary, often Western, democratic and capitalist context; what about the notion of empire itself, its constituent elements and the kind of ideological prerogatives to which it is generally subjected; in other words, apart from the many historical variants and instances of reception of empire, through which filters can, and inevitably do, we approach this topic? A question that has become ever more pregnant since the beginning of the twenty-first century, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the events of September 11, which have revivified what could be called American ‘imperialism’, and at a time when an essentially economic variant, driven by ‘emerging’ powers such as China, has increasingly contested existing power structures. In light of such meta-historical awareness, this book touches as much on the nature of the Roman Empire as it does on its historical legacy and, more importantly so, on who claims the latter inheritance throughout the most diverse epochs. By discussing some highly contrasting views upon this topic, participants explore issues that are of fundamental importance to the writing, not only of cultural history, but also of history itself.

Imperialism --- Rome --- Civilization --- Influence. --- C8 --- Ideologie en politiek --- History --- Historiography --- Civilization. --- Historiography. --- Imperialism. --- Philosophy --- Philosophy.