So What's New About Scholasticism?: How Neo-Thomism Helped Shape the Twentieth Century

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-lautenschläger, Rajesh Heynickx, Sigrid Leyssen, Christopher Morrissey, Annette Mülberger, 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.