
Résumé
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Hannah Arendt is esteemed in France today and her work is widely commented. Her analyses on totalitarianism, modernity or the banality of evil have made her famous. Her controversial relation with Judaism and Zionism are also well-known. But how many people know that the subject of her thesis was Saint Augustine? Or that she sketched an astonishing portrait of Pope John XXIII in Men in dark Times, a collection of writings which also features Rosa Luxemburg and Bertolt Brecht? Is it generally known that she denounced Pope Pius XII's silence in the face of racism and anti-Semitism during the war? Lastly, how many are aware of her unflagging interest in Christianity, despite the fact that she did not consider conversion? Of course when she was very young, Arendt had followed Rudolf Bultmann's theology course at the same time as her philosophy studies, so she had a sound background. Her analyses of Christianity are surprising in their sharpness, finesse, boldness and modernity. Drawing on the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth - whom she compares to Socrates - she criticizes the anti-political tendencies of Christianity, while praising its political 'miracles': the power to forgive, which she attributes directly to Jesus the power to begin anew and 'natality', which she attributes to Saint Augustine. But the most astonishing thing lies elsewhere: it is her concept of 'love of the world' which reveals all the complexity of her rapport with Christianity and casts a new light on all her writings. From the inevitable political concerns of 1933, to a love of the world freely chosen in 1955, Arendt's thinking was constantly expanding in close dialogue with Christianity.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Véronique Albanel |
Collection | La nuit surveillée |
Parution | 16/04/2010 |
Nb. de pages | 430 |
Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 538g |
EAN13 | 9782204090049 |
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