Between Creativity and Norm-Making: Tensions in the Early Modern Era (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 165)

ISBN 10: 9004240683 / ISBN 13: 9789004240681

Published by Brill, 2012

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In English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Creativity and Norm-Making: Tensions in the Early Modern Era (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 165)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004240683
• ISBN 13: 9789004240681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The time of the transition from the Middle Ages to the onset of early modernity (c. 1400-1550) is a very complex one. It brought what on first sight appear to be contradictory developments. Human creativity and freedom became much more important; yet, at the same time, the foundations were laid for systems that allowed control to be exercised over virtually every aspect of human social life. How can we put these two phenomena together? Which tendency is the stronger one? The contributions in this volume focus on the tension between creativity and norm-making from the perspective of different academic disciplines, so as to shed light on this fascinating period in our history.

About the Author

Sigrid Müller, Dr. (1999) in Theology, University of Tübingen, is Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Vienna. She has done extensive research in the fields of Late Medieval nominalism and history of ethics, including Handeln in einer kontingenten Welt: Zu Begriff und Bedeutung der recta ratio bei Wilhelm von Ockham (Tübingen/Basel, 2000).

Mag. Cornelia Schweiger is research assistant in Moral Theology at the University of Vienna. She has worked on the History of Moral Theology (especially on the question of Natural Law) and on the relationship between faith and ethics with a special focus on John Rawls.

Contributors include: Heribert Smolinsky, Volker Leppin, Renate Dürr, Thomas Simon, Rudolf Schüßler, Marianne Schlosser, Hans Schelkshorn, Christian Thomas Leitmeir, Thomas Brogl, Meta Niederkorn-Bruck, Henrik Wels, Hermann Hold, Sigrid Müller and Cornelia Schweiger.