Otherness and the problem of evil: How does that which is other become evil?
In seeking to answer the question “How does that which is other become evil?” the author provides a discussion of four entwined aspects of the issue at stake; (1) difficulty in achieving clarity on the grammar of evil; (2) genocide as a striking illustration of otherness becoming evil; (3) the chall...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2006
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2006, Volume: 60, Numéro: 1, Pages: 149-156 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Friendship
B Dialogue B Radical evil B Love B Theodicy B The gift B Alienation B Rhetoric B Messianicity B Postnationalism B Genocide B Communication |
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| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | In seeking to answer the question “How does that which is other become evil?” the author provides a discussion of four entwined aspects of the issue at stake; (1) difficulty in achieving clarity on the grammar of evil; (2) genocide as a striking illustration of otherness becoming evil; (3) the challenge of postnationalism as a resource for dealing with otherness in the socio-political arena; and (4) the ethico-religious dimension as it relates to the wider problem of evil. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-006-0008-3 |