Die Frage des Opfers im Spannungsfeld von West und Ost: René Girard, Simone Weil und Mahatma Gandhi über Gewalt und Gewaltfreiheit
The complex problem of sacrifice is treated from different perspectives in Western and Eastern traditions. Girard's late turn towards a more comprehensive view of the term can be understood as a certain opening up to Eastern traditions. It corresponds with Simone Weil's critique of a pacif...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie |
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| Language: | German |
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2010
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Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
/ Western world
/ Asia
/ Victim (Religion)
/ Mimesis
B Weil, Simone 1909-1943 / Violence B Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand 1869-1948 / Non-violent resistance |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations NBK Soteriology NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Girard,René
B Violence B Weil,Simone B Gandhi,Mohandas K B Sacrifice B Non-violence B Victim |
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| Summary: | The complex problem of sacrifice is treated from different perspectives in Western and Eastern traditions. Girard's late turn towards a more comprehensive view of the term can be understood as a certain opening up to Eastern traditions. It corresponds with Simone Weil's critique of a pacifism turning against violence only out of cowardliness. Weil's analysis of both Western and Eastern religious traditions finally leads to Mahatma Gandhi who similarly knows that non-violence can demand sacrifice. |
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| ISSN: | 0044-2895 |
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