Repenser la rtribution. Rethinking Retribution (Hardcover)

E. Pastore

ISBN 10: 904295082X / ISBN 13: 9789042950825

Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2023

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Hardcover. This book attempts to clarify the idea of retribution and to propose a reasoned definition of the concept through philological and lexical studies. It faces the question whether a legal system, or even a moral one, is possible without retribution, whether justice including divine justice can be conceived without an underlying perspective of retribution. It analyses how the idea of retribution, when is assumed to be present, is articulated with that of mercy, justification, forgiveness, or grace. It considers the functions that this idea can serve in various literary contexts and different discursive registers. But it also raises the question of whether, in the biblical texts, divine justice is not more restorative and not proportional to the act committed than stricto sensu retributive.It is a volume of proceeding of colloquia held at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 2020 and 2021. This book attempts to clarify the idea of retribution and to propose a reasoned definition of the concept through philological and lexical studies. It faces the question whether a legal system, or even a moral one, is possible without retribution, whether justiceincluding divine justicecan be conceived without an underlying perspecti Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Repenser la rtribution. Rethinking Retribution (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers, Leuven
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 904295082X
• ISBN 13: 9789042950825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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This book attempts to clarify the idea of retribution and to propose a reasoned definition of the concept through philological and lexical studies. It faces the question whether a legal system, or even a moral one, is possible without retribution, whether justice - including divine justice - can be conceived without an underlying perspective of retribution. It analyses how the idea of retribution, when is assumed to be present, is articulated with that of mercy, justification, forgiveness, or grace. It considers the functions that this idea can serve in various literary contexts and different discursive registers. But it also raises the question of whether, in the biblical texts, divine justice is not more restorative and not proportional to the act committed than stricto sensu retributive.It is a volume of proceeding of colloquia held at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 2020 and 2021.