RT Article
T1 Inkarnationen des Bösen im sozialistischen Denken
JF Review of ecumenical studies
VO 16
IS 2
SP 205
OP 230
A1 Pfützner, Robert 1986-
LA German
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1909575410
AB From a Western, democratic perspective, the state socialism that existed until 1989 was criticised, not without justification, as an "evil empire" (Reagan). The Gulag, Pol Pot’s mass murders or Ceaușescu’s dictatorship show evident elements of evil in socialism. However, a different perspective is taken in the essay. From an internal hermeneutic perspective, it asks what forms of evil emerged within socialist thought. From a cultural-theoretical point of view, socialism is seen as a belief system and moral framework. Evil appears in this framework as (1) abstract evil, as (2) evil in others, and as (3) evil in oneself. These three figurations will be illuminated.
K1 Communism
K1 Marxism
K1 Socialism
K1 antagonism
K1 philosophy of evil
K1 Secular Religion
K1 Self-criticism
DO 10.2478/ress-2024-0017