A future for us : the gift of forgiveness

Abstract: In this paper I intend to show that forgiveness is beyond any transactional or economic logic, and that it belongs to the realm of gifts. What is given in forgiveness is time, the possibility of a different and open future. Hope is, therefore, the soul of forgiveness. In fact, far from...

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Autor principal: Grassi, Martín
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad del Salvador. Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Estudios Orientales. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas 2022
Materias:
COMUNIDAD
PERDON
ESPERANZA
MEMORIA
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15126
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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PERDON
ESPERANZA
MEMORIA
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PERDON
ESPERANZA
MEMORIA
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A future for us : the gift of forgiveness
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MEMORIA
description Abstract: In this paper I intend to show that forgiveness is beyond any transactional or economic logic, and that it belongs to the realm of gifts. What is given in forgiveness is time, the possibility of a different and open future. Hope is, therefore, the soul of forgiveness. In fact, far from rejecting or forgetting a past offense, forgiveness is a different, and deferring memory; a memory that neither records nor replays past actions, but one that re-interprets the past from the promise of future, from the promissory capacity for building a community together.
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title A future for us : the gift of forgiveness
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title_full A future for us : the gift of forgiveness
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title_full_unstemmed A future for us : the gift of forgiveness
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