Sources and Resources

Abstract

Intellectual sources and material resources: In a myriad of connections and contradictions, they constitute the facts and figures which define life as far as human beings can shape it. We live our lives on the basis of inspirational ideas and we use the resources at hand to turn our ideas into reality. Ideas can turn into pragmatic orders, but likewise into ideologies. Resources can be used in the service of enhancing human dignity, but likewise as a tool to empower some and humiliate others. The links between ideational sources and material resources are constantly fluid. But they need to be looked at in their interdependency and reciprocal impact.