Forgiveness and Repentance: The Experience of Jean Améry

Jacques Derrida has suggested that forgiveness be understood as the unforgivable: in order for forgiveness to be pure, its object must be the unforgivable. Furthermore, he states that no conditions should be imposed on granting forgiveness. The article seeks to show that this purity has to be forgon...

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Main Author: Camila Rueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-04-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/viewFile/19176/30167