Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-07Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:15:21Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 souza_ld_me_assis.pdf: 728346 bytes, checksum: 17357721b1c7e1153830b574a21d0ca5 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A dissertação tem como objetivo compreender a teoria política medieval no século XIV, tendo como referencial as obras sobre o tema elaboradas pelo franciscano Guilherme de Ockham (1280?-1349). A abordagem feita por nós da política medieval do século XIV concentrou-se na pesquisa sobre a relação entre o poder espiritual (Igreja) e o poder temporal (Reino), visando entender qual era a posição de Ockham diante da discussão da plenitudo potestatis. Analisamos como o franciscano interpretou os argumentos, os termos e os textos que eram utilizados para provar a proeminência do poder espiritual sobre o poder temporal. Para ele, competia à teologia, em primeiro lugar, sondar que tipo de poder deviam exercer os sacerdotes dentro da sociedade cristã. Procuramos compreender o motivo que levou Ockham a colocar a questão da pobreza evangélica das ordens mendicantes, especialmente a posição defendida pelos franciscanos entre os temas políticos. Nas discussões sobre o poder temporal e espiritual, Ockham defendeu posições que o aproximam de outros teólogos do século XIV e de teorias mais antigas. Porém, sua posição política possui elementos de originalidade que reintroduzem os princípios teológico- cristãos no centro das discussões sobre o poder. / This dissertation has as objective to comprehend the medieval political theory in the fourteenth century regarding to the work about this theme done by the Franciscan William of Ockham (1280?.1349). In the approach that we made about the medieval politics of the fourteenth century, we focused our research in the relation between the spiritual power (Church) and the temporal power (Kingdon) aiming to understand which was the Ockham.s position referring to the discussion of plenitudo postestatis. We analyzed how the Franciscan interpreted these arguments, term and texts which were used to prove the superiority of the spiritual power over the temporal power. He believed it was the theology role to tell what sort of power the clergyman should exert n the Christian society. We try to comprehend the reason that took Ockham to insert the evangelical poverty in the beggar orders, especially in the view of the Franciscan. In the discussions about the spiritual and the temporal power, Ockham supported the opinions which approach from others fourteenth century theologian and more ancient theories. Nevertheless his position has original elements which reintroduce the theological-christian principles in the center of the discussion about the power.

Orientador: Eduardo Basto de Albuquerque / Banca: Ana Paula Tavares Magalhães / Banca: Ricardo Gião Bortolotti / Resumo: A dissertação tem como objetivo compreender a teoria política medieval no século XIV, tendo como referencial as obras sobre o tema elaboradas pelo franciscano Guilherme de Ockham (1280?-1349). A abordagem feita por nós da política medieval do século XIV concentrou-se na pesquisa sobre a relação entre o poder espiritual (Igreja) e o poder temporal (Reino), visando entender qual era a posição de Ockham diante da discussão da plenitudo potestatis. Analisamos como o franciscano interpretou os argumentos, os termos e os textos que eram utilizados para provar a proeminência do poder espiritual sobre o poder temporal. Para ele, competia à teologia, em primeiro lugar, sondar que tipo de poder deviam exercer os sacerdotes dentro da sociedade cristã. Procuramos compreender o motivo que levou Ockham a colocar a questão da pobreza evangélica das ordens mendicantes, especialmente a posição defendida pelos franciscanos entre os temas políticos. Nas discussões sobre o poder temporal e espiritual, Ockham defendeu posições que o aproximam de outros teólogos do século XIV e de teorias mais antigas. Porém, sua posição política possui elementos de originalidade que reintroduzem os princípios teológico- cristãos no centro das discussões sobre o poder. / Abstract: This dissertation has as objective to comprehend the medieval political theory in the fourteenth century regarding to the work about this theme done by the Franciscan William of Ockham (1280?.1349). In the approach that we made about the medieval politics of the fourteenth century, we focused our research in the relation between the spiritual power (Church) and the temporal power (Kingdon) aiming to understand which was the Ockham.s position referring to the discussion of plenitudo postestatis. We analyzed how the Franciscan interpreted these arguments, term and texts which were used to prove the superiority of the spiritual power over the temporal power. He believed it was the theology role to tell what sort of power the clergyman should exert n the Christian society. We try to comprehend the reason that took Ockham to insert the evangelical poverty in the beggar orders, especially in the view of the Franciscan. In the discussions about the spiritual and the temporal power, Ockham supported the opinions which approach from others fourteenth century theologian and more ancient theories. Nevertheless his position has original elements which reintroduce the theological-christian principles in the center of the discussion about the power. / Mestre

The modern nation-state is the product of a gradual process in which the religiously concerned medieval political and ecclesiastical synthesis became more secular and centralized. Mirroring this external institutional development, the theoretical conception of the state changed from one of a natural organic unity of diverse corporate members to a consent-based compact among atomized individuals. This change can be traced in the Body Politic metaphor of four authors: John of Salisbury, Christine de Pizan, Johannes Althusius, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In this project, I argue that the Body Politic metaphor, particularly the inclusion or exclusion of a soul of the Body Politic, is uniquely appropriate for capturing the complexity of political life in general across differing levels of aggregation and for elucidating the political and religious commitments of the authors who employ it, as they critique their own contemporary political and religious institutions and describe their ideal societies. In the conclusion, I suggest that the loss of a strongly organic conception of the state has denied modern society and political theory a well established means for incorporating corporate entities and for explaining the existence of the modern nation-state in any kind of transcendental moral context, thus the lost soul of the Body Politic.