Anton Losinger
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823220663
- eISBN:
- 9780823235667
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823220663.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
The form and content of the study of theology in the modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part, the most divergent points of departure. ...
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The form and content of the study of theology in the modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part, the most divergent points of departure. The classical unity and perspicuity of the world of theological thought, so typical in earlier centuries, have dissolved with the plurality of the horizons and problems of modern thinking. The reality of the world, science, and theology appears no longer as a single “orbis,” but rather as an open and unbounded space. Indeed, precisely for the study of theology in modern universities, the catchphrase, the “new vastness,” thus appear to hold as well. This book provides an access to Karl Rahner to unpack his thinking and to make a theological inspection of his work possible. In this respect it is essential to locate the central point of departure for the theology of Karl Rahner in the concerns and questions of human beings and, to take a cue from the key concept of the “anthropological point of departure,” to make understandable the underlying tendency of Rahner's work.Less
The form and content of the study of theology in the modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part, the most divergent points of departure. The classical unity and perspicuity of the world of theological thought, so typical in earlier centuries, have dissolved with the plurality of the horizons and problems of modern thinking. The reality of the world, science, and theology appears no longer as a single “orbis,” but rather as an open and unbounded space. Indeed, precisely for the study of theology in modern universities, the catchphrase, the “new vastness,” thus appear to hold as well. This book provides an access to Karl Rahner to unpack his thinking and to make a theological inspection of his work possible. In this respect it is essential to locate the central point of departure for the theology of Karl Rahner in the concerns and questions of human beings and, to take a cue from the key concept of the “anthropological point of departure,” to make understandable the underlying tendency of Rahner's work.
Robert M. Philmus
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780853238997
- eISBN:
- 9781781380864
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853238997.003.0009
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter analyzes the works of Jorge Luis Borges. The discussions cover his baroque fascination with paradoxes, metaphysical games, and infinite progressions and regresses; and his precursors, ...
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This chapter analyzes the works of Jorge Luis Borges. The discussions cover his baroque fascination with paradoxes, metaphysical games, and infinite progressions and regresses; and his precursors, which include the Hawthorne of ‘Earth's Holocaust’; Stevenson in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; and Kipling, the writer of short stories, especially those in The Finest Story in the World and Many Inventions. It also presents an account of his ‘fantastic’ revisionary enterprise, which can be revised giving ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’ a place equal to that of ‘Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’.Less
This chapter analyzes the works of Jorge Luis Borges. The discussions cover his baroque fascination with paradoxes, metaphysical games, and infinite progressions and regresses; and his precursors, which include the Hawthorne of ‘Earth's Holocaust’; Stevenson in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; and Kipling, the writer of short stories, especially those in The Finest Story in the World and Many Inventions. It also presents an account of his ‘fantastic’ revisionary enterprise, which can be revised giving ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’ a place equal to that of ‘Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’.
Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190647759
- eISBN:
- 9780190647766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190647759.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This article analyses Francisco de Vitoria’s classical thinking on totus orbis for the purpose of comparing it to Professor Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo’s doctrine on Global Law. Basically, it takes ...
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This article analyses Francisco de Vitoria’s classical thinking on totus orbis for the purpose of comparing it to Professor Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo’s doctrine on Global Law. Basically, it takes into account four elements or characteristics from Ziccardi Capaldo, which the author also considers to be present in de Vitoria’s thinking. The relevant characteristics are: verticality, legal principles and common values, the integration of the legal system and collective guarantees. This article concludes that the analogous notion of Global Law that can be found in de Vitoria, not surprisingly, implies substantial differences as regards implementation. After the evolution of International Law: westphalian phase, postwestphalian phase and global phase, can we say that the grounds of International Law have changed? Does the International Law of classic Spanish Scholars have the same pillars as present Global Law? The object of this study is to answer to these questions.Less
This article analyses Francisco de Vitoria’s classical thinking on totus orbis for the purpose of comparing it to Professor Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo’s doctrine on Global Law. Basically, it takes into account four elements or characteristics from Ziccardi Capaldo, which the author also considers to be present in de Vitoria’s thinking. The relevant characteristics are: verticality, legal principles and common values, the integration of the legal system and collective guarantees. This article concludes that the analogous notion of Global Law that can be found in de Vitoria, not surprisingly, implies substantial differences as regards implementation. After the evolution of International Law: westphalian phase, postwestphalian phase and global phase, can we say that the grounds of International Law have changed? Does the International Law of classic Spanish Scholars have the same pillars as present Global Law? The object of this study is to answer to these questions.
Kirstin Bunge
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- June 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198768586
- eISBN:
- 9780191821974
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198768586.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter argues that on the threshold of modernity, Vitoria’s jus gentium created a general framework for a legal order between people and nations. It shows how under the changing conditions of ...
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This chapter argues that on the threshold of modernity, Vitoria’s jus gentium created a general framework for a legal order between people and nations. It shows how under the changing conditions of economy, theories of political domination, and relation between religious and secular spheres, the foundations of politics and law were re-assessed. At this juncture, one of the most important findings of Vitoria’s political and legal philosophy was that the sphere of political practice became more autonomous although still thought of as part of a God-given order. As the political power of the pope and the emperor was fading, new stakeholders gradually appeared. The traditional conception of totus orbis clarifies—one hundred years before the Peace of Westphalia—the scope in which different types of stakeholders such as individuals and social or political communities can act freely and (at least theoretically) interact on equal terms.Less
This chapter argues that on the threshold of modernity, Vitoria’s jus gentium created a general framework for a legal order between people and nations. It shows how under the changing conditions of economy, theories of political domination, and relation between religious and secular spheres, the foundations of politics and law were re-assessed. At this juncture, one of the most important findings of Vitoria’s political and legal philosophy was that the sphere of political practice became more autonomous although still thought of as part of a God-given order. As the political power of the pope and the emperor was fading, new stakeholders gradually appeared. The traditional conception of totus orbis clarifies—one hundred years before the Peace of Westphalia—the scope in which different types of stakeholders such as individuals and social or political communities can act freely and (at least theoretically) interact on equal terms.
