The “Unappeasable” Vladimir Jankélévitch in the Light of His Pardonner? Cover Image

Az „engesztelhetetlen” Vladimir Jankélévitch a Pardonner?
The “Unappeasable” Vladimir Jankélévitch in the Light of His Pardonner?

Author(s): Sándor Béla Visky
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Vladimir Jankélévitch;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an analysis of the text entitled Pardonner?, published in 1971 by the French philosopher Vladimir Jankélévitch. This paper is, to a certain extent, a counterpoint, to Jankélévitch’s earlier writing, Le Pardon (1967). This earlier publication is a calm indicative, while the later publication poses a question: Pardonner? Of course, this latter is not a suspension of what had been written before, but it shows that the creative yes of forgiveness can easily be made irrational and, thus, questionable by a lack of repentance, the tormentor’s arrogance which leads him to think he is indeed worthy of the immeasurable gift offered to him by the victim.

  • Issue Year: 111/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 36-46
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian