On Fear and Trembling’s Motif of the Promise: Faith, Ethics and the Politics of Tragedy

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Aaron J. Goldman
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Abstract This article interrogates the concepts of faith, the ethical, and tragedy in Fear and Trembling by examining Johannes De Silentio’s allusions to heroic characters. I argue that these heroes are emblematic of faith or tragedy through their orientation to a promise in their respective mythic narratives. Abraham’s faith in the covenant with God commits him to the reconcilability of virtue and the good life, while the tragic heroes’ commitments to the ethical reveal their inability to transcend the (tragic) presumption that virtue and the good life are ultimately incommensurable. I conclude by sketching a politics corresponding to De Silentio’s conception of tragedy.
恐惧与颤抖的承诺母题:悲剧的信仰、伦理与政治
摘要本文通过考察约翰内斯·德·塞伦蒂奥对英雄人物的典故,对《恐惧与颤抖》中的信仰、伦理和悲剧概念进行了探讨。我认为这些英雄是信仰或悲剧的象征,因为他们在各自的神话叙事中都指向一个承诺。亚伯拉罕对与上帝之约的信仰使他相信美德与美好生活的可调和性,而悲剧英雄对伦理的承诺则揭示了他们无法超越美德与美好生活最终不可通约性的(悲剧)假设。最后,我概述了一种与德·沉默的悲剧概念相对应的政治。
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