Jésus

Summary

Dominique Pagani reads the words of Jesus in the Gospel in a secular way. On the Mount of Olives and on the cross, he sees God taking on anguish and fully accomplishing the human condition, with no guaranteed happy ending1. He often comments on "my kingdom is not of this world." He first sees in it Christian dualism, then, from 2018 on, a reading in which "this world" of servitude, even of capitalism, can be transformed23. He notes that Jesus names the devil "prince of this world," whose essence is the lie, and that the only unforgivable sin is the sin against the spirit45. He quotes the saying that the spirit is like the wind, which he links to freedom. He asks whether Jesus was a communist: the rich young man and the merchants in the Temple argue for it, "Render unto Caesar" against it6. He also links him to the Grail, to the figure of the Syrian in Hölderlin, and to Nazi antisemitism, which puts him together with Marx.

1. 1Hegel on the Beach 1/51 Feb 2016 · 2:41:42
2. 2#4.9 Angélique (by Nerval)14 Jun 2018 · 38:53
3. 3Worldliness in Clouscard, or privileges for all18 May 2023 · 1:11:52
4. 4Worldliness in Clouscard, or “the dominant ideology”26 Apr 2023 · 36:27
5. 5#3.3 From Ulysses to Daedalus1 Aug 2017 · 1:40:24
6. 6Worldliness in Clouscard, or privileges for all18 May 2023 · 1:53:47

Summary produced automatically from 132 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.