@article{ART002391596},
author={Hye-Ryung Kim},
title={A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2018},
volume={52},
pages={79-110},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hye-Ryung Kim
TI - A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2018
VL - 52
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 79
EP - 110
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This purpose of this study was to address the issue of forgiving unforgivable crimes, inevitably raised in Paul Ricoeur’s thoughts. He explores the possibility of righteous historical representation of tragic events in Western history. Being aware of injustices of amnesty indiscriminately extended by the government, he studied the process through in which a genuine pardon should unfold before granting amnesty. He believes that this process called the “odyssey of forgiveness” presupposes the process of “imputability,” in which the perpetrator should acknowledge his/her wrongdoing as his/her act and take reasonable responsibilities for it in a modest position.
However, such acknowledgement of wrongdoing cannot be any reason for the victim to necessarily grant forgiveness to the perpetrator. According to him, forgiveness is a gift and the power of love enabled by a complete forgiver only. The initiative of forgiveness is attributable to the forgiver only. To never relinquish tension between love and justice in the forgiving process, he devises a way of planning an equation of forgiveness in a vertical scheme. Finally, he explains the process of requesting and granting forgiveness in a form of a righteous historical representation against the oblivion of past tragic events. He contends that this event of forgiveness promises a new life and a new era to all seeking and granting forgiveness, and that write a righteous history in eschatological hope.
KW - Ricoeur;forgiveness;imputability;history;justice and love;equation of forgiveness;eschatological esperance
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
ER -
Hye-Ryung Kim. (2018). A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology. Cross-Cultural Studies, 52, 79-110.
Hye-Ryung Kim. 2018, "A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.52, pp.79-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim "A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology" Cross-Cultural Studies 52 pp.79-110 (2018) : 79.
Hye-Ryung Kim. A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology. 2018; 52 79-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim. "A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology" Cross-Cultural Studies 52(2018) : 79-110.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim. A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology. Cross-Cultural Studies, 52, 79-110. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim. A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2018; 52 79-110. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim. A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology. 2018; 52 79-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
Hye-Ryung Kim. "A Study on the Concept of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur’s Eschatology" Cross-Cultural Studies 52(2018) : 79-110.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2018.52..79
