Ritva Palmén
Biographic Data
| ID | 5989003 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ritva Palmén |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ritva |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmén |
| SIGNATURE | PALMÉN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Academy Research Fellow and University Lecturer, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1137-0168 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Ethics of War
This article analyzes the question by John of Naples (d. ca. 1348) as to whether it is licit for a Christian king to hire Muslim mercenaries to defend his country against Christian aggressors. John’s answer employs legal, theological, and philosophical sources intended to justify the view that it is indeed licit to do so. John’s original account modifies the just war tradition to qualify his ambitions better and adapts elements of the legal princ…
Our Inner Custodian
Current approaches to understanding shame are rooted in controversial and even radically contrasting assumptions about shame and its relevance for social interaction and individual well-being. Classical and medieval sources themselves embrace surprisingly various notions about the workings of shame. While the Aristotelian tradition prevails in late antique and medieval philosophical psychology, it is also possible to discern a parallel tradition …
I Need to Be Individually Loved, Lord, Let Me Recognize Your Gift!”
Building on general accounts of recognition and gift-exchange in the contemporary theory of recognition, this article examines the medieval philosophical psychology of gifts and love. It will show that medieval philosophically oriented theological texts, particularly the so-called spiritual literature, contain intricate discussions of the nature of the gift, as well as the dialogical formation of the self, both of which are central issues in mode…
Recognition and Religion
Mediated Recognition and the Quest for a Common Rational Field of Discussion in Three Early Medieval Dialogues
Using interpretative resources from contemporary recognition theory with a special focus on the notion of mediated recognition, this paper discusses the nature and degree of methodological agreement as manifested in three twelfth-century dialogues. The first source to be considered was written by Gilbert of Crispin, and known as Disputatio Christiani cum Gentili (Disputation of Christian with a Pagan), ca. 1093. The second source was composed by …
Agreement in Conflict
In the last few decades, modern theological and philosophical research has witnessed the emergence of theories of recognition. In this article, I will show that current notions from recognition theory can be used as conceptual instruments for reading and interpreting Petrus Alfonsi’s multifaceted dialogue, Dialogi contra Iudaeos from around 1110. In the analysis of recognition between the actors of the Dialogi , it will be asked what the common b…
Our Inner Custodian
Current approaches to understanding shame are rooted in controversial and even radically contrasting assumptions about shame and its relevance for social interaction and individual well-being. Classical and medieval sources themselves embrace surprisingly various notions about the workings of shame. While the Aristotelian tradition prevails in late antique and medieval philosophical psychology, it is also possible to discern a parallel tradition …
Mediated Recognition and the Quest for a Common Rational Field of Discussion in Three Early Medieval Dialogues
Using interpretative resources from contemporary recognition theory with a special focus on the notion of mediated recognition, this paper discusses the nature and degree of methodological agreement as manifested in three twelfth-century dialogues. The first source to be considered was written by Gilbert of Crispin, and known as Disputatio Christiani cum Gentili (Disputation of Christian with a Pagan), ca. 1093. The second source was composed by …
Agreement in Conflict
In the last few decades, modern theological and philosophical research has witnessed the emergence of theories of recognition. In this article, I will show that current notions from recognition theory can be used as conceptual instruments for reading and interpreting Petrus Alfonsi’s multifaceted dialogue, Dialogi contra Iudaeos from around 1110. In the analysis of recognition between the actors of the Dialogi , it will be asked what the common b…
Recognition and Religion
Our Inner Custodian
Current approaches to understanding shame are rooted in controversial and even radically contrasting assumptions about shame and its relevance for social interaction and individual well-being. Classical and medieval sources themselves embrace surprisingly various notions about the workings of shame. While the Aristotelian tradition prevails in late antique and medieval philosophical psychology, it is also possible to discern a parallel tradition …
I Need to Be Individually Loved, Lord, Let Me Recognize Your Gift!”
Building on general accounts of recognition and gift-exchange in the contemporary theory of recognition, this article examines the medieval philosophical psychology of gifts and love. It will show that medieval philosophically oriented theological texts, particularly the so-called spiritual literature, contain intricate discussions of the nature of the gift, as well as the dialogical formation of the self, both of which are central issues in mode…
The Ethics of War
This article analyzes the question by John of Naples (d. ca. 1348) as to whether it is licit for a Christian king to hire Muslim mercenaries to defend his country against Christian aggressors. John’s answer employs legal, theological, and philosophical sources intended to justify the view that it is indeed licit to do so. John’s original account modifies the just war tradition to qualify his ambitions better and adapts elements of the legal princ…
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Classics (2 works)