Publication: El gobierno del individuo en el puritanismo: William Ames (1576-1633)
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2011
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Para William Ames todo lo que concierne al arte de vivir bien (ars bene vivendi) es un asunto teológico. En su planteamiento la teología tiene dos partes, la fe y la observancia. La observancia vendría a sustituir a la ética en tanto que saber práctico que orienta la acción. A ello dedica su obra Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof, una obra de casuística que en términos de teoría política puede interpretarse como un manual para enseñarnos a gobernar nuestras vidas. Ames introduce y afianza una comprensión ejecutiva de las facultades que se ejercitan en el foro interno, ese ámbito que Hannah Arendt recuperaría para la reflexión política contemporánea con su obra The Life of the Mind (1978). Con ello pretendemos avanzar en la comprensión de la mentalidad puritana que arraiga en New England. Nuestro trabajo tiene en cuenta el ingrediente ramista y aplica nuevos conceptos de la teoría política como el gobierno del individuo o los espacios públicos internos que dan acceso a una comprensión más honda de la democracia del siglo veintiuno.
For William Ames everything that has to do with the art of living well (ars bene vivendi) is a theological matter. In his approach theology has two parts: faith and observance. Observance replaces ethics as the practical aspect of understanding that orients our actions. This is the subject of his book, Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof, a casuistic work which can be seen in political theory terms as a manual on how to govern our own lives. Ames introduces and establishes an executive understanding of the faculties that are at work in the internal forum (foro interno), that realm which Hannah Arendt recovered for contemporary political thought through The Life of the Mind (1978). In the following article an analysis is offered of the puritan mentality that became deeply rooted in New England. This study takes into account the influence of Ramism and applies new political theory concepts such as the governance of the individual and internal political spaces, which give access to a more profound understanding of democracy in the twenty-first century.
For William Ames everything that has to do with the art of living well (ars bene vivendi) is a theological matter. In his approach theology has two parts: faith and observance. Observance replaces ethics as the practical aspect of understanding that orients our actions. This is the subject of his book, Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof, a casuistic work which can be seen in political theory terms as a manual on how to govern our own lives. Ames introduces and establishes an executive understanding of the faculties that are at work in the internal forum (foro interno), that realm which Hannah Arendt recovered for contemporary political thought through The Life of the Mind (1978). In the following article an analysis is offered of the puritan mentality that became deeply rooted in New England. This study takes into account the influence of Ramism and applies new political theory concepts such as the governance of the individual and internal political spaces, which give access to a more profound understanding of democracy in the twenty-first century.