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Tikkun Olam through Forgiveness and Promise
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Tatman, L, Tikkun Olam through Forgiveness and Promise, Forgiveness: Promise, Possibility & Failure, Inter-Disciplinary Press, G Karabin and K Wigura (ed), Oxford, pp. 159-170. ISBN 9781848880559 (2011) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
This chapter is an exploration of the inseparable faculties of forgiveness and
promise in the thought of Hannah Arendt. It focuses on the ways she
demythologised certain religious practises and concepts in her political account of
forgiveness and promise. Attention is drawn to her recommendation to engage in
'the secularisation of religious tradition,' and the similarities between elements of
the Jewish mystical tradition, in particular the concept of tikkun olam, and her
political theory are made explicit. This study reveals that there is much more at
work and at stake in forgiveness and promise than just release from the past and
shared commitment to the future.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | forgiveness, Hannah Arendt, tikkun olam, secularisation, religion |
| Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
| Research Group: | Philosophy |
| Research Field: | Philosophy of Religion |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies |
| Author: | Tatman, L (Dr Lucy Tatman) |
| ID Code: | 67385 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | Philosophy |
| Deposited On: | 2011-03-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-03-13 |
| Downloads: | 396 View Download Statistics |
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