Love and forgiveness for a more just world / edited by Hent de Vries and Nils F. Schott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vries, Hent de, editor.

Series:

Religion, culture, and public life.

Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Philosophy.

Love.

Forgiveness.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One can love and not forgive or out of love decide not to forgive. Or one can forgive but not love, or choose to forgive but not love the ones forgiven. Love and forgiveness follow parallel and largely independent paths, a truth we fail to acknowledge when we pressure others to both love and forgive. Individuals in conflict, sparring social and ethnic groups, warring religious communities, and insecure nations often do not need to pursue love and forgiveness to achieve peace of mind and heart. They need to remain attentive to the needs of others, an alertness that prompts either love or forgiveness to respond. By reorienting our perception of these enduring phenomena, the contributors to this volume inspire new applications for love and forgiveness in an increasingly globalized and no longer quite secular world. With contributions by the renowned French philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion, the poet Haleh Liza Gafori, and scholars of religion (Leora Batnitzky, Nils F. Schott, Hent de Vries), psychoanalysis (Albert Mason, Orna Ophir), Islamic and political philosophy (Sari Nusseibeh), and the Bible and literature (Regina Schwartz), this anthology reconstructs the historical and conceptual lineage of love and forgiveness and their fraught relationship over time. By examining how we have used-and misused-these concepts, the authors advance a better understanding of their ability to unite different individuals and emerging groups around a shared engagement for freedom and equality, peace and solidarity.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface and acknowledgments

HUMAN ALERT. Concepts and Practices of Love and Forgiveness / Vries, Hent de / Schott, Nils F.

1. ORANGE ALERT / Gafori, Haleh Liza

2. WHAT LOVE KNOWS / Marion, Jean-Luc

3. UNPOWER. An Interview with Hugues Choplin / Marion, Jean-Luc

4. REVENGE, FORGIVENESS, AND LOVE / Schwartz, Regina M.

5. LOVE AND LAW. Some Thoughts on Judaism and Calvinism / Batnitzky, Leora

6. "A MOTHER TO ALL". Love and the Institution of Community in Augustine / Schott, Nils F.

7. LOOKING EVIL IN THE EYE/I. The Interminable Work of Forgiveness / Ophir, Orna

8. BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG. An Exploration of Justice and Forgiveness / Mason, Albert

9. REMARKS ON LOVE / Derrida, Jacques

10. TO FORGIVE. The Unforgivable and the Imprescriptible / Derrida, Jacques

11. THOUGHTS ON LOVE / Nusseibeh, Sari

12. THE PASSIONATE UTTERANCE OF LOVE / Vries, Hent de

Suggested Reading

Contributors

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231540124

0231540124

OCLC:

979628955