Abbas Moros. Violent Gestures Between Brutality and Desire of Healing
Abbas Moros. Violent Gestures Between Brutality and Desire of Healing

Summary/Abstract: Violence: justified and illegitimate. The purpose of the present study is to take a closer look at the former by reflecting on some particular ways of legitimizing violent actions. 1. A Crazy Abba 2. Ascets, Grazers, Fools 3. “I will mock the world” 4. Elijah the wise 5. The Beginning and the End 6. Violence as Monopoly 7. Another Fool I. Secular Violence - 1. The Daily Life — “bandits are lying in wait”; 2. War — “the worst of evils”; 3. The Law — setting the example; II. Sacred Violence - a). The Rhetoric of Violence; a) Heretics and martyrs - The Madrid Skylitzes; c) Eschatological Violence;

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