The Salamanca School

The Salamanca School

by Andre Azevedo Alves, Jose Moreira
The Salamanca School

The Salamanca School

by Andre Azevedo Alves, Jose Moreira

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Overview

Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers provides comprehensive accounts of the works of seminal conservative thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions - the first series of its kind. Even the selection of thinkers adds another aspect to conservative thinking, including not only theorists but also thinkers in literary forms and those who are also practitioners. The series comprises twenty volumes, each including an intellectual biography, historical context, critical exposition of the thinker's work, reception and influence, contemporary relevance, bibliography including references to electronic resources and an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623561857
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 03/14/2013
Series: Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 308 KB

About the Author

José Moreira is a Professor of Economics at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.
André Azavedo Alves is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of Portugal.
André Alves is presently completing a PhD at the London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction
Series Editor's Preface

Chapter 1 - Historical context and intellectual biography
What is the 'School of Salamanca'?
The political and intellectual context of the School of Salamanca
The decline of scholasticism
Some key authors of the School of Salamanca
Francisco de VitoriaDomingo de SotoMartín de AzpilcuetaDiego de Covarrubias y LeyaTomás de MercadoBartolomé de las Casas
Luis de MolinaJuan de MarianaFrancisco Suárez

Chapter 2 - Critical exposition
Philosophical and political foundations of the School
Thomism and Natural Law The European revival of Thomism and the Salamanca School
Theological-political disputes
Applied political thought
Individual rights and the common good The state and the limits of political power Legitimate resistance and tyrannicide Church and state International law and developments in Just War theory
The ethical and juridical framework of the market
Private property and trade Just price and the subjective theory of value Usury and interest Theories of banking Monetary theory and inflation Taxation and public finance
Chapter 3 - Reception and influence of the work
The Salamanca School and the New World
A revolutionary sermon in HispaniolaThe social experiments of Bartolomé De Las CasasJust titles and the disputation between Las Casas and Sepúlveda
Assessing the legacy of Las Casas and the controversies over the New World
Theological-political impact and influence on subsequent authors
Chapter 4 - Relevance of the work today
Political philosophy, law and history
Political economy and the ethical foundations of the market
Contemporary Catholic Social Thought
International relations and war
Concluding remarks

BibliographyIndex
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