L'INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL JACQUES MARITAIN
DURAND JEAN-DOMINIQU
Code EAN : 9782204098120
Editeur : CERF
Date de parution : 03/01/2013
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1973 witnessed the death of Jacques Maritain, one of the most important Catholic thinkers of the 20th century. This thinker of democracy - amongst other things - helped to distance Catholics from the temptation of authoritarian regimes and virulently combatted anti-Semitism. He also contributed greatly to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a committed intellectual in the life of the City, he worked extensively on art, education and metaphysics, lending new impetus to the thinking of St. Thomas Aquinas. It is his philosophy that inspired the activities of the institution that today bears his name. The International Jacques Maritain Institute is the expression of a civil society committed to promoting democratic values, and which reflects on today's world. In so doing, it constantly demonstrates the topicality and intensity of Maritain's thinking. This book recounts the Institute's history, explaining its originality and its social aims, so crucial in times like ours that are threatened by the fear of Others, populism of every sort, and withdrawal. ‘It is indeed due to the Institute's multi-faceted and global activities that Maritain's name is known throughout many countries, less for his pure philosophy than for his understanding of the contemporary world and its fundamental problems.' (Emile Poulat).

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