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

Abstract

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...