Language:
French
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Controverses; revue d'idees
Angaben zur Quelle:
1 (2006) 105-120
Keywords:
Paul,
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish philosophy 1945-
;
Political science Philosophy
Abstract:
Discusses the popularity of Paul's thinking among French left-wing and anti-globalization intellectuals today, when the Church is divesting itself of his antisemitic heritage. Argues that these neo-Pauline thinkers simplify the Apostle's thoughts and see in them only a plea for universalism. They ignore the complex relationship established by Paul between Christian and Jewish identity, making the first dependent on the latter, which he distorted to serve his own purposes. Presents a critical overview of Paul's basic concepts. Opposes the myth that his universalism is altruistic; it is phallocentristic and based on the exclusion and permanent sacrifice of the Jew. The Jew, for Paul, is both totem and taboo, an object of attraction and repulsion, which, like the Greek Pharkamos, has to be regularly sacrificed for the purification of the collective. Europe builds on the ideas of Paul, who, with his invention of the "two Israels", created an infernal machine which lies at the root of Europe's congenital antisemitism. Today, the double movement of idealization and rejection of the Jew expresses itself in the sacralization of the Shoah and diabolization of the State of Israel. Concludes that the return of Pauline thought may herald a new era in Europe, one that denounces liberal democracy and adopts traits of medieval Catholic Europe. The Anglo-Saxon world, which leans more toward a Jewish political heritage, is less antisemitic and anti-Zionist, and has, therefore, also become a target for those who are attacking the Jews.
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