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Historical research into the petite bourgeoisie in Belgium did not begin until quite a bit later than it did abroad. On closer inspection, that was no bad thing. Because of the late start by Belgian historians, they were more open-minded and less inclined towards the research into the roots of Fascism which was largely based on pre-war sociological theories. Beginning in 1980, pioneering research was carried out at the Université Libre de Bruxelles – for the most part on the period before the First World War. The research group under the direction of Ginette Kurgan-van Hentenryk systematically analysed several important series of sources and produced interesting detailed studies. In 1993 Serge Jaumain published a comprehensive study on Belgian retail trade in the period from 1880 to 1914.

COVER -- 9789461664211 -- CONTENTS -- NEO-THOMISM,LAW AND SOCIETY. A PROLEGOMENON TO FURTHER STUDY -- THE LANDSCAPE OF NEO-THOMISM -- RELIGIOUS, POLITICALAND SOCIAL SETTINGS OF THE REVIVAL OF THOMISM, 1870-1960 -- THE 1920s FRANCOPHONE THOMISTIC REVIVAL -- NEO-THOMISM AT LEUVEN 'S FACULTY OF LAW -- NATIONAL CONTEXTS ANDINTERNATIONAL NETWORKS -- VETERA NOVIS AUGERE OR LEUVEN QUEBEC AUGERE. LIONEL GROULX, NEO-THOMISM AND FRENCH-CANADIAN NATIONALISM -- RECEPTION AND ADAPTATIONOF NEO-THOMISM IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE, BETWEEN THE INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- THE INFLUENCE OF NEO-THOMISMON CATHOLIC SOCIAL POLICY-MAKING IN BELGIUM, 1880-1914 -- BETWEEN GOSPEL AND CONSTITUTION. NEO-SCHOLASTIC TRACES IN THE LEGAL WORLD OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN -- THE NOTION OF WARIN THE RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA, 1914-1918 -- PROTAGONISTS -- A CONSERVATIVE READING OF RERUM NOVARUM THROUGH A NEO-SCHOLASTIC LENS. THE JESUIT AUGUSTE CASTELEIN(1840-1922) AND THE BELGIANPATRONS CATHOLIQUES -- ARTHUR VERMEERSCH ON COLONIAL AND CONJUGAL MORALITY. A PRESENTIST APPROACHTO SAINT THOMAS -- JOANNES AENGENENT (1873-1935). A THOMISTIC SOCIOLOGIST'S CALL FOR A MORE HUMANE ECONOMY -- ANTOINE POTTIER ANDTHE NEO-THOMISTIC ROOTS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE -- NEO-THOMISM AND THE DEBATES ON THE JUST WAGE IN BELGIUM (1879-1914) -- AUTHORS -- INDEX OF PERSONS -- COLOPHON.

In his encyclical 'Aeterni Patris' (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter.0This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention to the juridical dimension of this epistemic community. Contributions from different disciplinary backgrounds offer a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of many different networks and protagonists of the neo-scholastic movement, its institutions and periodicals, and its conceptual frameworks. Although special attention is paid to the Leuven Institute of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, the volume also discloses the neo-Thomist revival in other national and transnational contexts. By highlighting diverse aspects of its societal and legal impact, 'Neo-Thomism in Action' argues that neo-scholasticism was neither a sterile intellectual exercise nor a monolithic movement. The book expands our understanding of how Catholic intellectual discourse communities were constructed and how they pervaded law and society during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.