Paul Ricœur: Symbols of Good and Evil in History, the Bible and in our Time.

In his The Symbolism of Evil Ricœur explores the dynamics of human consciousness of evil in different cultures and times. Consciousness of evil is examined by looking at the different prevailing symbols wherein human beings confess their experience with evil. Although appeared in 1960, this study is still cited in recent publications in psychology, cultural anthropology and religion. In this article I describe the context of The Symbolism of Evil as the last part of Ricœur’s study of the will and give a summary of its relevant content.

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Towards a Hermeneutics of Religion(s).

Forum Philosophicum ◽

10.35765/forphil.2008.1302.17 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 197-215

Author(s):

Fedor Stanjevskiy

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Problem Of Evil ◽

The Other ◽

The Bible ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

The Problem Of Evil

The objective of this article is to present and analyze some theses advanced in “Lectures 3” by Paul Ricoeur. The book is devoted to the boundaries of philosophy, to non-philosophical sources of philosophy and finally to the other par excellence of philosophy—to religion. The book is composed of a series of essays divided thematically into three parts. The first part deals with Kant's and Hegel's philosophy of religion. Then in the course of the book the author gradually moves away from the philosophical logos (the second part deals with prophets, the problem of evil, the tragic etc) to arrive at a point where recourse to the exegesis of the Bible becomes for him indispensable.

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Fragile Identities, Capable Selves

Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies ◽

10.5195/errs.2013.196 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 64-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roger W.H. Savage

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Developing Nations ◽

Martha Nussbaum ◽

Human Beings ◽

Human Capabilities ◽

Dominant Class ◽

Economic Discrimination ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

Struggle For Recognition

The spotlight that Martha Nussbaum turns on the plight of women in developing nations brings the disproportion between human capabilities and the opportunities to exercise them sharply into focus. Social prejudices, economic discrimination, and deep-seated traditions and attitudes all harbor the seeds of systemic injustices within governing policies and institutions. The refusal on the part of a dominant class to recognize the rights and claims of subaltern individuals and groups has both symbolic and material consequences. The power that one group exercises over another brings the refusal to recognize the rights and claims of others to the fore. Thanks to the moral priority that Paul Ricoeur accords to the victim against such refusals, I tie the fragility of identity to the idea of justice’s federating force. This federating force, I therefore argue, accompanies the struggle for recognition among capable human beings.

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SIMBOLISME DALAM PESTA DALOK SUKU UUD DANUM: Perspektif Hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur

Studia Philosophica et Theologica ◽

10.35312/spet.v18i2.30 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 179-197

Author(s):

Trio Kurniawan

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Human Beings ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

The Relationship ◽

Supreme Being

The feast of Dalok is the highlight of the feast in the series of death-rites performed by Dayak Uud Danum’s tribe in Serawai, District of Sintang, West Borneo. It is the biggest feast celebrated by this tribe. There are plenty of Symbols found in the rites, and they are picturing the relationship among the human beings and also between the people and The Supreme Being, Tahala’. These Symbols are tied each other very closely like a knot. The author of this article is using Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics to reread and reveal the meaning of symbolical knots which are acceptable to the public. Pesta Dalok adalah puncak dari rangkaian upacara kematian dalam suku Dayak Uud Danum di Serawai, Kab. Sintang, Kalimantan Barat. Pesta Dalok menjadi pesta terbesar yang dilaksanakan oleh suku ini. Ada begitu banyak simbol dalam ritus-ritus di pesta ini dan semuanya menggambarkan relasi antara sesama manusia maupun antar manusia dengan Realitas Tertinggi, Tahala’. Simbol-simbol ini saling berhubungan dengan sangat erat ibarat sebuah simpul. Penulis menggunakan hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur untuk membaca ulang dan membuka makna dari simpul-simpul simbolik yang dapat diterima oleh masyarakat.

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Paul Ricoeur: From Hermeneutics to Ethics

Journal of Chinese Philosophy ◽

10.1163/15406253-0420102009 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (1-2) ◽

pp. 125-142

Author(s):

Morny Joy

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Dynamic Interaction ◽

Literal Meaning ◽

Human Beings ◽

Creative Imagination ◽

Modes Of Action ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

Ways Of Being

Paul Ricoeur’s early appreciation of hermeneutics introduced a dynamic interaction between a reader and a text. Employing both explanation and understanding, aided by the catalyst of Kantian creative imagination, Ricoeur revitalized hermeneutics from being simply a method of interpreting the literal meaning of a text. Such an openness to the text, as a form of otherness, initiated new insights into human ways of being and acting. In time, however, Ricoeur became disheartened by the unmerited suffering that he witnessed human beings were inflicting on other beings. He qualified his hermeneutic foundations so as to introduce compassion and justice as modes of action towards rejected and mistreated others.

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Hermeneutik Pedagogis Maria Magdalena

Khazanah Theologia ◽

10.15575/kt.v2i2.8984 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 81-93

Author(s):

John C. Simon ◽

M. Ramli

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Christian Tradition ◽

Mary Magdalene ◽

Early Christian ◽

The Bible ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

Ethical Choices ◽

Life Values ◽

Agent Of Change ◽

The Church

Early Christian tradition placed Mary Magdalene as a sacred woman, who because of her divine God made her worthy of being a witness to the resurrection. Mary became an epitome for many who were awake in faith searching for Him on Easter morning. He is also a model of the church in its pilgrimage seeking God. Using a hermeneutics perspective, dealing with the Bible, Paul Ricoeur clearly distinguishes between reading and interpreting activities, "exegesis" and "hermeneutics". "Interpretation" not only means "exegesis", but "exegesis" as well as "hermeneutics". Productive hermeneutics bear a thesis, that is, the position of faith which contains free ethical choices. It is in this light that Mary Magdalene and her life will be seen in a hermeneutical perspective in order to arrive at an emancipatory ethical calling. In a pedagogical perspective, Maria's life values are: sensitivity- compassion, missionary vocation to be an agent of change, and wise creativity.

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Violência na tragédia grega: infanticídios e parricídios

Nuntius Antiquus ◽

10.17851/1983-3636.5..131-142 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 131-142

Author(s):

Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

Good And Evil

This article deals with different manifestations of violence, including the distortions and mistakes that maternal or other kind of love can produce on the object of its affections. In order to reflect about this theme, we focus on some ancients sources, such as Plutarch’s Of the affection towards offspring, mythological narratives and excerpts of Greek tragedies. To understand some aspects of the dynamics of good and evil, we recur to the thought of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur.

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Sur la soumission au pouvoir. Convergences et differences entre le Discours de la servitude volontaire d’Etienne de La Boétie et la pensée politique de Paul Ricœur

Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies ◽

10.5195/errs.2017.356 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 122-139

Author(s):

Pierre-Olivier Monteil

Keyword(s):

Political Thought ◽

Political Process ◽

Paul Ricoeur ◽

The State ◽

The Political ◽

Central Concept ◽

The People ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

The Will ◽

The Way

This study undertakes a reading of Etienne de La Boétie’s Discours de la servitude volontaire, endeavoring to bring to light the way it convergences with and diverges from the political thought of Paul Ricœur, around the central concept of the will. On the basis of the twin notions of “denaturation” and of “pathology,” a course unfolds which aims at helping establish the people, in comparison with the institution of the State, through a political process revitalised by friendship. But the two thinkers differ when it comes to the resources of the will. This is reflected in the notion of freedom, conceived as absolute in La Boetie, while Ricœur emphasizes its contingency, which leads him to thematize it in terms of capabilities.

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Violência na tragédia grega: infanticídios e parricídios

Nuntius Antiquus ◽

10.17851/1983-3636.5.0.131-142 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 131

Author(s):

Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

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Paul Ricœur ◽

Good And Evil

This article deals with different manifestations of violence, including the distortions and mistakes that maternal or other kind of love can produce on the object of its affections. In order to reflect about this theme, we focus on some ancients sources, such as Plutarch’s Of the affection towards offspring, mythological narratives and excerpts of Greektragedies. To understand some aspects of the dynamics of good and evil, we recur to the thought of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur.

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Cognitive Dimension of Historical Memory in Paul Ricoeur's Concept

Istoriya ◽

10.18254/s207987840016875-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (8 (106)) ◽

pp. 0

Author(s):

Alexandr Mordvinov

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Temporal Distance ◽

Human Consciousness ◽

Cognitive Dimension ◽

Cognitive Component ◽

Cognitive Research ◽

Paul Ricœur

The article considers Paul Ricoeur's concept of historical memory. Its three parts include the phenomenology of memory, the epistemology of history and the hermeneutics of the historical state, directly related to the notion of duty. At all three levels, the cognitive component is very important, but its nature differs significantly. From Ricoeur's perspective, the duty “not to forget” turns out to be an oath of allegiance to the very ability of human consciousness to construct and reinterpret temporal distance, while maintaining a sense of shock or uniqueness of the event that cannot be replaced by a conventional narrative. It is proved that this approach can be a productive basis for coordinating different conceptual approaches that have emerged in contemporary cognitive research.

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MENANGKAP PESAN TUHAN: URGENSI KONTEKSTUALISASI ALQURAN MELALUI HERMEUNETIKA

JURNAL At-Tibyan Jurnal Ilmu Alquran dan Tafsir ◽

10.32505/tibyan.v3i2.698 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 223

Author(s):

Ismail Fahmi Arrauf ◽

Miswari Miswari

Keyword(s):

Martin Heidegger ◽

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Jürgen Habermas ◽

Wilhelm Dilthey ◽

Jurgen Habermas ◽

The Bible ◽

Paul Ricœur

This article aims to explore hermeneutical thinking of contemporary Muslim thinkers. They are Fazlur Rahman, Nasir Hamid Abu Zayd, Mohammad Arkoun, Khaled Abou el-Fadl. These thinkers were greatly influenced by Western hermeneutical thinkers such as F. Sheiermacher, Wilhelm Dilthey, Martin Heidegger, Rydolf Bultmann, Hans-George Gadamer, Betti, Jurgen Habermas and Paul Ricoeur. The motivation of Muslim thinkers to use the hermeunetic approach developed by Western thinkers to reconstruct the meaning of the Qur’an was because they saw the initial motivation for the birth of hermeunetics from Western thinkers was because they wanted to reconstruct the Bible. The Qur'an and allegory are the same as the scriptures. The aspect that most influences Muslim thinkers in Western hermeunetic thinking towards the Qur'anic hermeneutics that they argue is the importance of reviewing the socio-historical descent of the Qur’an in order to contextualize the Qur’an. Between humans and the Qur’an that has been made throughout history by various schools and religious authorities. With hermeneutics, the Qur'an wants to be returned to humanity as a powerful text for every situation, condition and age.

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