Adversus tolerance

Authors

  • Ricardo Forster Universidade de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.3.5.104-109

Keywords:

Tolerance, Power, Inequality

Abstract

Tolerance that means, from its Latin root tolerare, to endure something that another person does to us, is one of some words that, nowadays, seem to be free of suspicion, but these words are related to the generalized exercise of “the good conscience”. It is therefore a word that conceals the cynicism of power and hides the intensity of inequality in all of its possible reaches and forms. The story may serve to help us understand why some beliefs and social customs have remained and continue to exist. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the background of anti-Semitism and on how, since its conception, it has endured. The so called Elected People or People of the Book cease to be a group supposedly chosen by God and become an entity seen as “the murderer of God” and the ally of the Devil.

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Author Biography

Ricardo Forster, Universidade de Buenos Aires

Filósofo e Professor de História das Idéias na Universidade de Buenos Aires. Publicou diversos ensaios, entre os quais, W. Benjamin -­ Theodor W. Adorno, el ensayo como filosofía (1991), Itinerarios de la modernidad (1996), El exilio de la palabra (1999), Walter Benjamin y el problema del mal (2001). Pela Editora UFMG, A ficção marrana: uma antecipação das estéticas pós-­modernas (2006).

Detalhe de "Carpinteiro", de Vlad Eugen Poenaru.

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Published

2009-10-30

How to Cite

Forster, R. (2009). Adversus tolerance. Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 3(5), 104–109. https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.3.5.104-109

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2009): Crimes, pecados e monstruosidades no arquivo da tradição judaica

Section

Artigo-Dossiê

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