Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife Nor Thy Neighbour's Goods. Life flows along a course defined by desires, which influence humans' behaviour and lead them to accomplish remarkable feats but also toward great defeats. From the Law of Moses to the Christian message, from the classic age to the modern era, Western culture has constantly experienced desire's two-faced nature: a reckless vortex of vital energy and an insatiable abyss that consumes all. The Biblical Commandment imposes order and restraint on this natural tendency of humanity. But what does it mean not to desire in a context of material wealth and rampant consumerism? The least timely Commandment is perhaps the last and most ignored Word.
La vita scorre sul filo teso del desiderio che condiziona l'agire dell'uomo facendogli compiere grandi voli o trascinandolo in vertiginose cadute. Dalla legge mosaica al messaggio cristiano, dalla classicita' al pensiero moderno, la cultura occidentale ha sperimentato questa duplice natura del desiderio: impetuoso vortice di energia vitale e abisso insaziabile che risucchia ogni cosa. Il comandamento biblico impone ordine e misura a questa naturale tendenza dell'uomo. Cosa puo' significare non desiderare nell'era della fantasmagoria delle merci e della societa' dei consumi? Il comandamento piu' inattuale che costituisce l'ultima e la piu' inascoltata Parola.
L'ultima delle Dieci parole ovvero non desiderare in Non desiderare la donna e la roba d'altri
TAGLIAPIETRA , ANDREA;
2010-01-01
Abstract
Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife Nor Thy Neighbour's Goods. Life flows along a course defined by desires, which influence humans' behaviour and lead them to accomplish remarkable feats but also toward great defeats. From the Law of Moses to the Christian message, from the classic age to the modern era, Western culture has constantly experienced desire's two-faced nature: a reckless vortex of vital energy and an insatiable abyss that consumes all. The Biblical Commandment imposes order and restraint on this natural tendency of humanity. But what does it mean not to desire in a context of material wealth and rampant consumerism? The least timely Commandment is perhaps the last and most ignored Word.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.