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Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) art. XXV-XXVII

Henry of Ghent

Leuven university press
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series
7 september 2020
9789461663337

Das Buch bietet die erste kritische Edition der Artikel XXV-XXVII der Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) des Heinrich von Gent. Dabei leistet es einen Beitrag zur Geschichte der Formen und Pfade der Ideenvermittlung im Mittelalter und zur mittelalterlichen Buchkultur. Die Kollationierung der Handschri...

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Performance, Subjectivity, and Experimentation

Catherine Laws

Music reflects subjectivity and identity: that idea is now deeply ingrained in both musicology and popular media commentary. The study of music across cultures and practices often addresses the enactment of subjectivity "in" music - how music expresses or represents "an" individual or "a" group. How...

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Humble Women, Powerful Nuns

Kristien Suenens

Leuven university press
KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and S
15 juli 2020
9789461663276

Nineteenth-century female congregation founders could achieve levels of autonomy, power and prestige that were beyond reach for most women of their time. With a subject hidden for a long time behind a curtain of modesty and mystery, this book recounts the fascinating but ambiguous life stories of fo...

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Listening to the other

Stefan Östersjö

Our contemporary, globalised society demands new forms of listening. But what are these new forms? In Listening to the Other, Stefan Östersjö challenges conventional understandings of the ways musicians listen. He develops a transmodal understanding of listening that is situated in the body-a body t...

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The Congo in Flemish Literature

Luc Renders; Jeroen Dewulf; Lieselot De Taeye

Leuven university press
30 september 2020
9789461663368

This book presents the first anthology of Flemish prose on the Congo, the former colony of Belgium, in English translation. Because of the Dutch language barrier, Flemish literature on the Congo has traditionally remained inaccessible to and thus neglected by international scholarship, as opposed to...

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Studies in Latin Literature and Epigraphy in Italian Fascism

Han Lamers; Bettina Reitz-Joosse; Valerio Sanzotta

This book deals with the use of Latin as a literary and epigraphic language under Italian Fascism (1922-1943). The myth of Rome lay at the heart of Italian Fascist ideology, and the ancient language of Rome, too, played an important role in the regime's cultural politics. This collection deepens our...

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Nothing to It

Emmanuel Falque

Leuven university press
Figures of the Unconscious
10 februari 2020
9789461663214

The confrontation between philosophy and psychoanalysis has had its heyday. After the major debates between Paul Ricoeur, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Michel Henry, this dialogue now seems to have broken down. It has therefore proven necessary and gainful to revisit th...

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Una lingua morta per letterature vive: il dibattito sul latino come lingua letteraria in età moderna e contemporanea

Valerio Sanzotta

La straordinaria polifonia di lingue che caratterizza le letterature nazionali di età moderna è ormai un dato acquisito nelle più aggiornate ricostruzioni di storia letteraria. Meno nota è forse la dialettica vivace che innerva questo delicato equilibrio, nel quale - almeno in Italia - si inseriscon...

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The Survival of the Jesuits in the Low Countries, 1773-1850

Leo Kenis; Marc Lindeijer

Leuven university press
KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and S
20 december 2019
9789461663191

In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus. For the 823 Jesuits living in the Low Countries, it meant the end of their institutional religious life. In the Austrian Netherlands, the Jesuits were put under strict surveillance, but in the Dutch Republic they were able to continue their ...

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Voices, Bodies, Practices

Leuven university press
Orpheus Institute Series
26 november 2019
9789461663061

Identity and subjectivity in musical performances. Who is the "I" that performs? The arts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have pushed us relentlessly to reconsider our notions of the self, expression, and communication: to ask ourselves, again and again, who we think we are and how we ca...

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When News Travels East

Kayo Matsushita

Journalism and unique translation practices by Japanese media today International news stories provided to the public basically rely on translation. Most of this translation is done not by translators, but by journalists with practically no training in translation. What happens when the norms of jo...

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Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism

Michael Gehler; Piotr H. Kosicki; Helmut Wohnout

The role of Christian Democracy in the collapse of the Communist Bloc. Debates on the role of Christian Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe too often remain strongly tied to national historiographies. With the edited collection the contributing authors aim to reconstruct Christian Democracy's r...

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Futures of the Contemporary

Paulo de Assis; Michael Schwab

Futures of the Contemporary explores different notions and manifestations of "the contemporary" in music, visual arts, art theory, and philosophy. In particular, the authors in this collection of essays scrutinise the role of artistic research in critical and creative expressions of contemporaneity....

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Sensorial Aesthetics in Music Practices

Kathleen Coessens

The Western history of aesthetics is characterised by tension between theory and practice. Musicians listen, play, and then listen more profoundly in order to play differently, adapt the body, and sense the environment. They become deeply involved in the sensorial qualities of music practice. Artist...

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Rester Catholique en France

Henk Byls

Leuven university press
KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and S
29 april 2019
9789461662903

« Splendide famille. Le père, un gars flamand, simple, robuste - la mère profondément religieuse. Les enfants tous débordants de vie. Ils ont un tel courage, pour braver les Français avec leur conviction religieuse. » Ainsi parlait le père jésuite Frans Van den Brande, l'un des aumôniers des paysa...

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War, State, and Society in Liège

Roeland Goorts

Leuven university press
Avisos de Flandes
12 maart 2019
9789461662712

Small power diplomacy in seventeenth century Europe. War, State and Society in Liège is a fascinating case study of the consequences of war in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and touches upon wider issues in early modern history, such as small power diplomacy in the seventeenth century and during the...

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La transmission du savoir grec en Occident

Fabio Acerbi; Gudrun Vuillemin Diem

Leuven university press
Mediaevalia Lovaniensia - Series 1-Studi
15 maart 2019
9789461662743

Mise au point définitive de l'épisode central de la transmission du savoir grec en Occident. Les relations entre la bibliothèque papale à la fin du XIIIe siècle et le célèbre traducteur Guillaume de Moerbeke constituent l'épisode central de la transmission du savoir grec en Occident. Ce livre prése...

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Memory on my doorstep

Sarah Gensburger

Leuven university press
18 maart 2019
9789461662798

In-depth case study of memorialisation processes after the November 2015 Paris attacks. On November 13, 2015, three gunmen opened fire in the Bataclan concert hall at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris and subsequently held the venue under a three-hour siege. This was the largest in a series of coordin...

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The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock

Matthew G. Stanard

Leuven university press
20 mei 2019
9789461662804

The degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonisation. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes i...

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Radicalisation

Noel Clycq; Christiane Timmerman; Dirk Vanheule

Leuven university press
CeMIS Migration and Intercultural Studie
8 februari 2019
9789461662736

Radicalisation is a topical and a much-discussed concept in current European societies. Its use in policy and societal discourses, such as media coverage and educational contexts, is very sensitive. This thought-provoking collection of essays critically addresses the topic of radicalisation from dif...

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Le confesseur du Prince dans les Pays-Bas espagnols (1598-1659)

Pierre-François Pirlet

Leuven university press
Avisos de Flandes
7 december 2018
9789461662705

Un regard renouvelé sur la cour de Bruxelles à l'époque moderne Les Gouverneurs-généraux des Pays-Bas espagnols du dix-septième siècle bénéficiaient du conseil de leur confesseur. Ce directeur spirituel, issu du clergé régulier, tint un rôle significatif dans l'organisation du pouvoir politique bru...

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The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher

Carlos Steel; Steven Vanden Broecke; David Juste

Leuven university press
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series
30 november 2018
9789461662699

Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246-after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativita...

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Gender and Migration

Christiane Timmerman; Maria Lucinda Fonseca; Lore Van Praag

Leuven university press
CeMIS Migration and Intercultural Studie
15 oktober 2018
9789461662651

The impact of gender on migration processes Considering the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between gender relations and migration, the contributions in this book approach migration dynamics from a gender-sensitive perspective. Bringing together insights from various fields of study, it is demo...

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Wissensordnungen des Rechts im Wandel

Stephan Dusil

Leuven university press
Mediaevalia Lovaniensia - Series 1-Studi
18 juni 2018
9789461662583

Die Studie untersucht die Ordnung des mittelalterlichen Rechtswissens in vorgratianischen Sammlungen, dem Decretum Gratiani sowie den Glossen und Summen zum Dekret. Im Mittelpunkt steht also das kirchenrechtliche Wissen, das sich zwischen 1000 und 1215 grundlegend änderte: Während kirchliche Rechtsr...

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