Time of Forgiveness? A reading of the eschatological utopia of Paul Ricoeur in Memory, History, Forgetting

This article deals with the relationship between forgiveness and history. This it proposes an theoretical contribution on the book Memory, History, Forgetting of Paul Ricoeur. The hypothesis is that the “difficult forgiveness”, proposed by the philosopher as a “common horizon” of memory, history and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Pereira, Mateus Henrique Faria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repositorio:História da Historiografia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br:article/897
Acceso en línea:https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/897
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Paul Ricoeur
Ethics
Cultural memory
Ética
Memoria
Memória
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Sumario:This article deals with the relationship between forgiveness and history. This it proposes an theoretical contribution on the book Memory, History, Forgetting of Paul Ricoeur. The hypothesis is that the “difficult forgiveness”, proposed by the philosopher as a “common horizon” of memory, history and forgetting, can be taken as an utopia. However, this utopia requires some preconditions for its realization. We emphasize one of these preconditions: justice. In order to define and understand these preconditions or even an ethic of forgiveness, we search to reflect on some dimensions of the relationship among forgiveness, memory, amnesty, forgetting and justice. At last, we focused on some difficulties of the experience of forgiveness according to Brazil’s recent historical experience.