Il fardello condiviso e l’abisso incolmabile Riconciliazione e perdono in Hannah Arendt

TitleIl fardello condiviso e l’abisso incolmabile Riconciliazione e perdono in Hannah Arendt
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsBrugnaro, Davide
Secondary TitleUniversa. Recensioni di filosofia
Volume10
Issue3
Pagination19-38
Date Published06/2021
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISBN Number9788869382499
ISSN Number2240-4902
Abstract

This article analyses Hannah Arendt’s notion of reconciliation, its relationship with forgiveness and the limits of both. Whilst in her early Denktagebuch she develops her understanding of reconciliation by distinguishing it from forgiveness, in other works, such as The Human Condition, the distance between them seems to vanish. Moreover, both reconciliation and forgiveness are not absolute, because Auschwitz represents something that “ought not to have happened”. These limits are shown in Arendt’s reading of Eichmann trial.

URLhttp://universa.padovauniversitypress.it/2021/3/3
DOI10.14658/pupj-urdf-2021-3-3
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