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Fernand Deschamps (July 13, 1868 in Châtelineau – March 15, 1957 in Brussels) was a Belgian intellectual who participated in the great socio-economic and ethical debates in the first half of the twentieth century. == Biography == At the age of sixteen he started working in the metal industry〔Société des Hauts Fourneaux de Sous-le-Bois à Maubeuge, France.〕 Many years later he obtained the title of Doctor of Laws after he passed the examination by the Central Board of State (in Leuven). He continued his studies at the Higher Institute of Philosophy (ISP) in Leuven and became editor of the newspaper “The Twentieth Century”. In 1898, he won the first prize in philosophy and was assigned a scholarship〔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.〕 enabling him to spend eighteen months in Germany at the universities of Bonn, Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg. He remained in contact with the ISP and worked for the Catholic Social Review. He also contributed to an ISP publication as regards noticeable Catholic writers〔Deschamps, Fernand; Godenne, Charles; Legrand,Georges; Thiéry, Armand; ''Catholiques actuels, nos littéraires'', Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, 1998.〕 and became a member of the Society of Social Economy (SES ).〔Quaghebeur, Patricia, ''De "Revue Sociale Catholique", 1896-1900, Een gematigd-progressief tijdschrift'', Bijlage I. Lijst van de medewerkers aan de RSC (1897-1900), p. VI,Verhandeling Geschiedenis, Leuven 1984.〕 In 1900 he joined the Belgian Ministry of Education. At the same time he worked under the direction of Cyril Van Overbergh〔Struyker Boudier, C. E. M. (1989). Wijsgerig leven in Nederland en België 1880-1980, UPL AMBO. Deel V en VI, De filosofie van Leuven. pp. 144-145〕 '〔Société Belge de Sociologie, Ed. (1905). Annales de Sociologie et Mouvement Sociologique. 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〕 at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Louvain, as a guest lecturer and as co-secretary of the journal “Sociological Movement” which was an Annex to the “Neo-Scholastic Review”. He participated in the creation of the Belgian Society of Sociology, was together with Georges Legrand〔 secretary of the above-mentioned journal and was engaged as a moderator in the controversies about sociology, torn between the religious (ethical) and scientific approach. During the same period he taught philosophy at the University of Antwerp “Extension for Ladies” of Mary Elizabeth Belpaire . In 1901 he went on a mission to the United States in order to study women’s rights, especially the right of women to vote (suffrage) A summary of his work appeared in the Journal of Sociology and as an annex to the Neo-Scholastic Review.]〕〔Mrs. Carry Chapman Catt provides all the details about this mission in a report about a : "Hearing before the committee on the judiciary of the house of representatives", Washington, Tuesday February 18, 1902, pag. 14 en 15; details are also given in The Salt Lake Herald, Augustus 31, 1901 which erroneously promotes Deschamps to Minister of Education.〕〔''Les causes sociales du féminisme aux Etats-Unis'', Annales ...pp. 337-401; Revue Néo-Scolastique .. pp. 1-69.〕 Through numerous reviews of books and numerous articles in various scientific journals of an intellectual, social and Catholic character, he defended, as a former disciple and follower of Désiré Mercier, the positivist thought of Auguste Comte.〔Wils, K. (2005). De omweg van de wetenschap, Het positivisme en de Belgische en Nederlandse intellectuele cultuur 1845-1914, Amsterdam University Press. pp. 336-339〕 As from 1903, he first became a teacher, then a professor at the Higher Trade Institute〔(ISCEA (1912). Annuaire de l'Institut Supérieur du Commerce. Anvers. pp. 19, 20, 35, 36, 39, 47, 48, 49 )〕 in Antwerp where he supervised courses of economics, economic history and political economy. Later he joined the colonial University of Antwerp as a professor. During the First World War and the closure of universities, he found refuge in England at the University of Cambridge, Christ College. In 1933, his academic career ended and he was awarded the royal decree “emeritus” presented to him by Camille Huysmans. After the First World War, as a moderate Catholic he defended some of the ideas of Charles Maurras, but abandoned this path when these ideas took a turn he disapproved of.〔(Defoort, E. (1976). "Le courant réactionnaire dans le catholicisme francophone belge 1918-1926. Première approche." Belgisch tijdschrift voor nieuwste geschiedenis(1976/1-2). pp. 86, 96,100, 118 )〕〔Defoort, E. (1978). Charles Maurras en de action française in België, Gottmer, Nijmegen / Orion, Brugge. pp. 26, 27, 136, 146, 149, 167, 230, 238, 239, 241, 248, 305, 306, 416.〕 Until 1940 he participated actively and extensively in socio-political and religious debates in Catholic journals such as “The Twentieth Century” 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 of Gembloux, whom he met at the ISP, he shared his ideas as regards evolution and its development. His entire archives and personal library were destroyed during World War II, when his house was bombed shortly after Fernand Deschamps had left it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fernand Deschamps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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