The political theory of personalism: Maritain and Mounier on personhood and citizenship

Deweer, Dries

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“…This encompasses engaging in realist politics and instrumentalist strategies, but only if it can eventually strengthen the general trust in the common project (Ricoeur, 1987, p. 41; 1991, p. 287; 1995, p. 21; 2007b, p. 336/7, 2013). For reconstructions of Ricoeur’s political paradox and political responsibility see also, e.g., Dallmayr, 2002; Dauenhauer, 1998, 2002; Deweer, 2017; Hoskins, 2013; Kaplan, 2003).…”

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The Values of the Management of Value Conflict

Tholen

2024

Administration & Society

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An increasing number of strategies for dealing with value conflicts in public management have been presented. These include Cycling, Firewalling, Casuistry, Incrementalism, and so on. A closer look reveals an apparent contradiction. The strategies are presented as forms of practical rationality to go beyond instrumentalist approaches and find answers in the common interest, but at the same time they are presented as instrumental rational strategies to deal with blockades for particular interests. This paper uses Paul Ricoeur’s analyses of compromise and of political paradox to overcome this puzzling contradiction and to distinguish more justifiable strategies of value conflict management from less justifiable strategies

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The Values of the Management of Value Conflict

Tholen

2024

Administration & Society

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“…French personalist especially criticized a so called "bourgeois" capitalism, which, in his view, was the result of the growing individualization of society since the Renaissance, which gradually perverted spiritual values. Human beings without love or meaning, solely driven by a desire for property and comfort, were the consequence [20]. Mounier blames individualistic capitalism for the worst evils: dehumanization of the econ-omy by accepting the dominance of the profit motive and disrespect towards the dignity of the worker.…”

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Faculty of Law and Administration,

Mańka

2018

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The concept of "sustainable development" is one of the most important issues in the contemporary political and legal discourse, especially in the context of international environmental protection standards, having an immense influence on national regulations. Its ideological background seems to be quite rich. Apart from broadly defined environmentalism, the concepts of sustainable development also draw on numerous contemporary theories of human development, particularly on the ideas of humanistic development, present in the Catholic social teaching since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), including pope John Paul II. This idea of humanistic development has been widely inspired by the views of representatives of French Christian personalism, such as the well-known philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), Emmanuel Mounier (1905-1950), publicist and social activist, and, last but not least, an original theologian and Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955). This article aims to present a human and economic development through the prism of those French personalists' thought. Концепція «сталого розвитку» є однією з найважливіших проблем сучасного політичного та юридичного дискурсу, особливо в контексті міжнародних стандартів охорони навколишнього середовища, що значно впливає на національне законодавство. Його ідеологічний фон здається досить багатим. Крім широко визначеного екологічного підходу, концепції сталого розвитку також засновані на численних сучасних теоріях людського розвитку, зокрема на ідеях гуманістичного розвитку, представлених в католицькому соціальному вченні з часів Другого Ватиканського собору (1962-1965), включаючи папу іоана Павла II. Ця ідея гуманістичного розвитку широко натхнена думками представників французького християнського персоналізму, таких як Жак Марітен (1882-1973), Еммануель Муньє (1905-1950), П'єр тейяр де Шарден (1881-1955). Ця стаття покликана показати розвиток людини і економіки через призму думки французьких персоналістів. Концепция «устойчивого развития» является одним из важнейших вопросов современного политического и юридического дискурса, особенно в контексте международных стандартов охраны окружающей среды, оказывающих огромное влияние на национальное законодательство. Его идеологический фон кажется довольно богатым. Помимо широко определенного экологического подхода, концепции устойчивого развития также основаны на многочисленных современных теориях человеческого развития, в частности на идеях гуманистического развития, представленных в католическом социальном учении со времен Второго Ватиканского собора (1962-1965), включая папу Иоанна Павла II. Эта идея гуманистического развития широко воодушевлена мнениями представителей французского христианского персонализма, таких как Жак Маритен (1882-1973), Эммануэль Мунье (1905-1950), Пьер тейяр де Шарден (1881-1955). Эта статья призвана показать развитие человека и экономики через призму мысли французских персоналистов.

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“…87.The connection between Ricoeur’s philosophical and moral theological reflections is a complicated matter, which Ricoeur himself described as ‘controlled schizophrenia’ (Ricoeur 1998a, 2). For an elaborate discussion of the interplay, see Deweer (2017a, 91-162).…”

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“…For earlier and more elaborate versions of the following analysis of Ricoeur’s political paradox, see Deweer (2017a, 2017b).…”

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Creation and renunciation in Ricoeur’s political ethics of compromise

Deweer

2020

Philosophy & Social Criticism

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Ricoeur interpreted the work of compromise as a creative process to imagine a new world by projecting ourselves into other people. The challenge of compromise is to learn to tell our own story differently within the contours of a broader collective narrative, in compliance with the paradigm of translation. As such, Ricoeur’s political ethics of compromise is at risk of highlighting the element of creation, which refers to the social imagination of a shared vision of a better society, at the cost of recognition of the element of renunciation, which refers to the reciprocal shelving of ideas and desires that the other side considers to be truly intolerable. However, I argue that we can read a delicate connection between forgetting, forgoing and forgiving in Ricoeur’s thought. It is, then, the model of forgiveness, as part of the paradigm of translation, that gives due respect to the importance of renunciation through the emphasis on the unjustifiable, for which renunciation even cannot suffice. The ‘poetics of pardon’ brings creation and renunciation together and, by doing so, it highlights that compromise always remains an object of hope.

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The political theory of personalism: Maritain and Mounier on personhood and citizenship

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