Art, Spirituality and Economics

Luk Bouckaert (°1941) is emeritus professor of ethics at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). He is a philosopher and an economist by training. His research and publications fall within the fields of business ethics and spirituality. In 1987 he founded with some colleagues the interdisciplinary Centre for Economics and Ethics at the University of Leuven. In 2000 he started the SPES Forum (Spirituality in Economics and Society) and in 2004 the international European SPES Forum which he chaired as president until 2014. He wrote several books in Dutch. Recent publications in English include: Spirituality as a public good (co-edited with L. Zsolnai, 2007), Frugality. Rebalancing material and spiritual values in economic life (co-edited with H.Opdebeeck and L.Zsolnai, 2008), Imagine Europe (co-edited with J.Eynikel, 2009), Respect and Economic Democracy (co-edited with Pasquale Arena, 2010), The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business (co-edited with L.Zsolnai, 2011), Business, Ethics and Peace, (co-edited with M.Chatterji, 2015).

About the authors.- Part I: Introduction.- 1 Laszlo Zsolnai, as friend and moral scientist; Luk Bouckaert, Knut Ims and Peter Rona.- 2 Laszlo Zsolnai 's academic career: an overview; Luk Bouckaert, Knut Ims and Peter Rona.- Part II: The power of art.- 3 The Essential, the Beautiful and the Economic: the Brotzeit by Eduard Grützner and Zsolnai's Philosophy; Carlos Hoevel.- 4 The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and the links to food, conviviality, sharing, and spirituality; Antonio Tencati.- 5 A dog. Just a dog; Josep M. Lozano.- 6 The Light of the World; Katalin Illes.- 7 Friedensreich Hundertwasser - The Five Skins of the Ecological Man; Ove Jakobsen and Vivi ML Storsletten.- 8 Antarctica - Natures's Awesome Artwork; Eleanor O'Higgins.- 9 Az Öreg Halász (The Old Fisherman): An essay for Zsolnai László; Mike Thompson.- Part III: Beyond rational ethics.- 10 From ethics to spirituality: Laszlo Zsolnai on human motivations; Zsolt BODA.- 11 Angels from the Future. The voice of coming generations; Luk Bouckaert & Rita Ghesquiere.- 12 The Aesthetics of Energy Resilience; Paul Shrivastava.- 13 On the experience of beauty in nature, in mathematics and science, and in spirituality; Peter Pruzan.- 14 Management and liberal arts: A Transformational Odyssey with Rabindranath Tagore; Sanjoy Mukherje.- Part IV: Economics and the creation of meaning.- 15 The capitalistic religion: Old questions, new insights; Luigino Bruni.- 16 Nature, Economics, and Scream; Knut J. Ims.- 17 The Idea of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Responses of Economic Theory; Stefano Zamagni.- 18 What can sense making economies learn from the GNH of Bhutan?; Hendrik Opdebeeck.- 19 Innovation in the intervention into nature by legal means; Dániel Deák.