The Demonic: From Aeschylus to Tillich
“In contrast to Goethe, he [Dostoyevski] saw in the demonic the fundamentally inhuman and destructive trend of a society which has turned away from God and therefore, eventually, must turn against itself. He discovered a new element: Stawrogin is not simply a single bad man. Rather he becomes the fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1969
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Theology today
Year: 1969, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-50 |
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| Summary: | “In contrast to Goethe, he [Dostoyevski] saw in the demonic the fundamentally inhuman and destructive trend of a society which has turned away from God and therefore, eventually, must turn against itself. He discovered a new element: Stawrogin is not simply a single bad man. Rather he becomes the focal point of evil itself, a center of polarization around which everything mean and bad, dirty and base, gathers and from which it gains its horrible strength. As the saint represents the power of good in a fallen world saved from perdition by his mere presence, the demonic corrupts everything that is under its fascinating attractiveness.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057366902600104 |