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...

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Main Author: Palaver, Wolfgang 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Echter 2010
In: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2010, Volume: 132, Issue: 4, Pages: 462-481
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Girard, René 1923-2015 / Western world / Asia / Sacrifice (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
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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.
ISSN:0044-2895
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie