Paul Tillichs Kairosbegriff und die Krise des westlichen Denkens
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Dirk-Martin Grube
Abstract
This article reconstructs Tillich’s kairos as a change of perspectives, as a ‘crisis of thinking’: not only the particular historical events matter, but also the way they are (re-)conceptualized. Covid-19 is a crisis in this sense: it shows that our Western ways of thinking have led into a crisis. We overemphasize science at the cost of practical wisdom. The article shows how detrimental this emphasis was for the politics on Covid-19 in the Netherlands and how many lives could have been saved if we had applied more phronesis. Also, the Covid-19 crisis shows that we overemphasize and misinterpret notions that are crucial for our Western ways of thinking, namely individualism, (human) rights and freedom.
Abstract
This article reconstructs Tillich’s kairos as a change of perspectives, as a ‘crisis of thinking’: not only the particular historical events matter, but also the way they are (re-)conceptualized. Covid-19 is a crisis in this sense: it shows that our Western ways of thinking have led into a crisis. We overemphasize science at the cost of practical wisdom. The article shows how detrimental this emphasis was for the politics on Covid-19 in the Netherlands and how many lives could have been saved if we had applied more phronesis. Also, the Covid-19 crisis shows that we overemphasize and misinterpret notions that are crucial for our Western ways of thinking, namely individualism, (human) rights and freedom.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- „Grenze“ und „Grenzsituation“ 1
- Liminalités chiliennes : la pensée tillichienne comme ressource ? 21
- Crisis, Kairos, and Kairotic Moments 37
- Tillich, Pandemic, and Video Games 53
- Conformity, Totalitarian Trends, and Totalitarianism 67
- Hate Speech und die Grenzen der Kommunikation 93
- Paul Tillichs Kairosbegriff und die Krise des westlichen Denkens 117
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Editionen
- Das Dasein Gottes und die Religionspsychologie 141
- Paul Tillich: Das Dasein Gottes und die Religionspsychologie 161
- Die Theologie als Wissenschaft 179
- Paul Tillich: Die Theologie als Wissenschaft 195
- Schelling und die Synthese von Spinoza und Kant 201
- Paul Tillich: German Classical Philosophy: Schelling 225
- Reviews 261
- Tillich Bibliography 303
- Contributors List 313
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- „Grenze“ und „Grenzsituation“ 1
- Liminalités chiliennes : la pensée tillichienne comme ressource ? 21
- Crisis, Kairos, and Kairotic Moments 37
- Tillich, Pandemic, and Video Games 53
- Conformity, Totalitarian Trends, and Totalitarianism 67
- Hate Speech und die Grenzen der Kommunikation 93
- Paul Tillichs Kairosbegriff und die Krise des westlichen Denkens 117
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Editionen
- Das Dasein Gottes und die Religionspsychologie 141
- Paul Tillich: Das Dasein Gottes und die Religionspsychologie 161
- Die Theologie als Wissenschaft 179
- Paul Tillich: Die Theologie als Wissenschaft 195
- Schelling und die Synthese von Spinoza und Kant 201
- Paul Tillich: German Classical Philosophy: Schelling 225
- Reviews 261
- Tillich Bibliography 303
- Contributors List 313
