Between gospel and constitution. Neo-scholastic traces in the legal world on nineteenth century Spain

The project of ‘jovial modernity’ has been described by Peter Sloterdijk as grounded in a kinetic utopia inciting a continuous process of mobilisation across different spheres. These dynamics become particularly apparent in that specific social, political, juridical and religious context that we gen...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Martínez Martínez, Faustino José
Format: book part
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/93770
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93770
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:34 (091)
Ciencias Sociales
5506.12 Historia del Derecho y de las Instituciones Jurídicas
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Summary:The project of ‘jovial modernity’ has been described by Peter Sloterdijk as grounded in a kinetic utopia inciting a continuous process of mobilisation across different spheres. These dynamics become particularly apparent in that specific social, political, juridical and religious context that we generally label as the Old Regime (Ancien Régime). In that period, and linked to all categories quoted above, new concepts were proclaimed and at the same time defined: plastic arts, the credit system, mechanical engineering, the state, scientific research and jurisprudence or the law. This last notion was closely connected to state power, not only as a compendium...