Fernand Deschamps

Fernand Deschamps (born July 13, 1868 in Châtelineau , † March 15, 1957 in Brussels ) was a Belgian intellectual who lived in the first half of the 20th century and was involved in the great socio-economic and ethical debates.

Life

At the age of sixteen he entered the metal industry - his father was the head of a department - and years later received the title "Doctor of Laws" for an examination by the "Central Board of State" (in Leuven ). He then studied at the University of Philosophy (ISP) in Leuven and became editor of the newspaper “Le XXe Siècle”. In 1898 he won first prize in philosophy and was awarded a scholarship. He stayed in Germany for a year and a half at the universities of Bonn, Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg. He maintained contact with the ISP and wrote analyzes and reviews for the "Revue Sociale Catholique". He also contributed to an ISP publication on Catholic writers and became a member of the Society for Social Economy and Business (SES).

In 1900 he joined the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the same time worked under the direction of Cyril Van Overbergh as a visiting professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Louvain and as co-secretary of the journal “Le Mouvement sociologique”. This magazine was the appendix of the "Revue scolastique". He helped found the Belgian Sociological Society, was the editor of the above-mentioned journal with Georges Legrand, and acted as a moderator on the controversies over sociology. He was torn between the religious approach (ethics) and the scientific approach. During the same period he taught philosophy at the "Extension Universitaire pour dames à Anvers" by Marie Elizabeth Belpaire . In 1901 he was on a mission to the United States to study women's rights, particularly women's rights to vote. A summary of his work appeared in the journal "Annales de Sociologie" and as an appendix to the "Revue-Néoscolastique".

As a former student and successor of Désiré Mercier , he defended Auguste Comte's positivist thinking through numerous reviews of the books and various articles in various specialist journals with a spiritual, social and Catholic character . From 1903 he was first employed as a teacher, then he worked as a professor at the Higher Commercial School in Antwerp, where he led courses in economics, economic history and political economy. Later he also worked as a professor at the "Colonial University" Antwerp. During the First World War and the closure of universities, he found refuge in England at the " University of Cambridge ", Christ's College . In 1933 he ended his academic career at the college due to a royal “decree emeritus” presented by Camille Huysmans . After the First World War, as a moderate Catholic, he defended a few ideas of Charles Maurras . But he abandoned this path when its ideas took a turn that he disapproved of.

Until 1940 he participated actively and extensively in the socio-political and religious debates in the Catholic newspapers such as "Le XXe Siècle" and "La Libre Belgique", usually on the first page.

With his best friend Georges Legrand, professor of social economy at the University Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Gembloux , which he practiced at the ISP, he shared the ideas of evolution and their development.

The entire archive and his personal library were destroyed during World War II when, shortly after Fernand Deschamps left his house, it was bombed.

credentials

1. ^ Société des Hauts Fourneaux de Sous-le-Bois à Maubeuge, Frankrijk
2. ↑ Ministère de l'Intérieur et de l'Instruction Publique. Concours de 1897 pour la collation des bourses de voyage prévues par l'article 55 de la loi du 10 avril 1890 (Ministry of the Interior and Public Education. 1897 Election for the procurement of travel grants according to § 55 of the law of 10 April 1890)
3. ^ Deschamps, Fernand; Godenne, Charles; Legrand, Georges; Thiéry, Armand; Catholiques actuels, nos littéraires (Current Catholics, our literary), Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, 1998.
4. ↑ Quaghebeur, Patricia, De "Revue Sociale Catholique", 1896-1900, Een gematigd-progressief tijdschrift ("Revue Sociale Catholique", 1896-1900, a moderately progressive magazine), Bijlage I. Lijst van de medewerkers aan de RSC ( 1897-1900), p. VI, Verhandeling Geschiedenis, Leuven 1984
5. ↑ Struyker Boudier, CEM (1989). Wijsgerig leven in Nederland en België 1880–1980 (Philosophical Life in the Netherlands and Belgium 1880–1980), UPL AMBO. Deel V en VI, De filosofie van Leuven. pp. 144-145
6. ^ Société Belge de Sociologie, Ed. (1905). Annales de Sociologie et Mouvement Sociologique (Journal of Sociology and Sociological Movement). Paris / Bruxelles, Félix Alcan / Oscar Schepens. pp. (Annales…) 337–401, (Mouvement…) 17–25, 53–58, 78–81, 81–85, 140–144, 193–207, 209–214, 254–259, 297–301
7. ↑ Deferme, Jo, Uit de ketene van de vrijheid: het debat over de sociale politiek in Belgium; 1886–1914 (From the chains of freedom: the debate on social policy in Belgium, 1886–1914), KADOC studies nr 32, Leuven, 2007, p 171
8. ↑ Wils, K. (1992). "Het verbond tussen loof en wetenschap bedreigd, Het Leuvens Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte en het positivisme (1889–1914) (The alliance between faith and science threatened; The Higher Leuven Institute for Philosophy and Positivism (1889–1914))." Trajecta 1 (1992) (4). pp. 405 ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 2.0 MB)  
9. ↑ A report by Carry Chapman Catt about this trip is found in the minutes of a hearing: Hearing before the committee on the judiciary of the house of representatives , Washington, Tuesday February 18, 1902, p. 14 en 15; and in The Salt Lake Herald newspaper, August 31, 1901, the Deschamps erroneously promoted to Minister of Education.
10. ↑ Les causes sociales du féminisme aux Etats-Unis (The social causes of feminism in the United States), Annales… pp. 337-401; Revue Néo-Scolastique… pp. 1-69
11. ↑ Wils, K. (2005). De omweg van de wetenschap, Het positivisme en de Belgische en Nederlandse intellectuele cultuur 1845-1914 (The detour of science, positivism and the Belgian and Dutch spiritual culture 1845-1914), Amsterdam University Press. pp. 336-339
12. ↑ Grunzweig, A. (1975). Histoire de l'institut Supérieur de l'État à Anvers, Cercle des Anciens Etudiants de l'ISCEA (History of the State University of Economics in Antwerp; Circle of Alumni ISCEA). pp. 34, 36, 38, 39, 41, 45 ( Memento of the original dated May 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ ISCEA (1912). Annuaire de l'Institut Supérieur du Commerce (Yearbook of the State School of Economics). Anvers. pp. 19, 20, 35, 36, 39, 47, 48, 49 ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Defoort, E. (1976). “Le courant réactionnaire dans le catholicisme francophone belge 1918–1926. Première approche (The reactionary movement in Belgian-French Catholicism 1918–1926. First approach). “Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis (1976 / 1-2) (Belgian magazine for contemporary history). pp. 86, 96, 100, 118
15. ^ Defoort, E. (1978). Charles Maurras en de action française in Belgium (Charles Maurras and the “Action Française” in Belgium), Gottmer, Nijmegen / Orion, Brugge. pp. 26, 27, 136, 146, 149, 167, 230, 238, 239, 241, 248, 305, 306, 416 ISBN 9026434537