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Bridging the Abyss. Victor Basch’s Political and Aesthetic Mindset KU Leuven University of Antwerp
This essay cross-examines both the correlation and the disjunction between art philosophy and political reason in the thinking of the French Jewish art philosopher, Kant specialist and socialist politician Victor Basch (1863-1944). Two interwoven lines of questioning will be in play. One considers the extent to which Basch's theory of beauty, which was primarily grounded in a psychological theory of Einfühlung, was a corollary to his political ...
Nemo's Abyss KU Leuven
Law, Religion, and Debt Relief: Balancing above the 'Abyss of Despair' in Early Modern Canon Law and Theology KU Leuven
© 2017 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Debt forgiveness is at the heart of the gospel message. The Lord sent His Son to redeem the debts of the world created by Adam and Eve and that were transmitted to subsequent generations of humanity. The New Testament restored older biblical ideas of debt relief, such as the Jubilee. The Lord's Prayer begs God to forgive the pious their debts, as they also forgive ...