The book deals with genocide, totalitarianism and multiculturalism. The stress is on the approach of theological humanities and virtue ethics, also in the frame of theory of citizenship. The topic of dialogue is of key importance for all the mentioned problems. For that reason, the analysis of positive and negative factors of dialogue applied to their research occupies a central place in the book. Thus, for instance the author argues that the essence of genocide is a social death. As such genocide is a perfect opposite of dialogue. Similarly is true about totalitarianism. Therefore, the positive factors of both phenomena are negative factors of dialogue and vice versa. In the last chapter the author researches the case of Slovenia under the Communist regime from the point of view of theory of citizenship which deals with the virtues of citizens which are needed for the functioning of democracy. Among them the virtue of dialogue is the most important. He finds out that there is a big deficit of this virtue in Slovenia not only during the Communist regime but also after its fall as well. The author researches the reasons for this deficit. The research of the mentioned phenomena brings many findings about dialogue which are very useful for understanding of the factors and possibilities of intercultural dialogue (in the present contexts) and about the important potential of religion regarding its role of the factor of intercultural dialog and morality.
COBISS.SI-ID: 6920538
The book in Slovenian language argues in favour of the thesis that postmodern thought owes the biblical tradition more than it is ready to admit. The book, which focuses on postmodern authors like Heidegger, Levinas, Marion, Derrida and Vattimo, represents an important contribution to the philosophy of religion in Slovenia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 276540160
The article was published in the internationally important (SOPUS) foreign journal. It sheds light on the relevance of Kierkegaard's theological humanities for political thought by pointing out two elements of his work: his theory of violence and his divine command theory. The author explains Kierkegaard's theory of violence in terms of anxiety, despair, sin, and ways of human response to God's call. Then he explains that Kierkegaard's ethics of divine command is a foundation of genuine subjectivity and autonomy. He concludes that the analysis based on Kierkegaard's theological humanities shows that cultivation of genuine religiousness and religious ethics in Kierkegaard's sense of the term is of vital significance for both combating violence and the development and maintenance of liberal democracy.
COBISS.SI-ID: 7655514
The paper investigates the role of humility as a factor of dialogue, in particular intercultural dialogue. It positions humility within the domain of moral and epistemic virtues and attitudes. The central thesis is that reflection on the relationship between the concept of (intellectual) humility and the notion of shame reveals and highlights important aspects of intellectual humility and its role in public discourse. Two key aspects are pointed out, namely self-situatedness in a given (moral and epistemic) space and the status ascribed to self and others in this space. Since public discourse and dialogue are often extremely polarized and emotionally charged, particularly in post-conflict societies, the paper elucidates the role of intellectual humility in the processes of reconciliation. The paper was published in an indexed journal with a high impact factor.
COBISS.SI-ID: 7574618
Scientific monograph on the topic of project, published within the 'Sophia Studies of Cross-cultural Philosophies and Cultures' series of Springer. This work deals with the problem of philosophy of religion where the genealogiy of breath and spirituality is in the forefront. This is an original work on the ethics of intersubjectivty and ethics of proximity, dealing with Schelling, Feuerbach, Mead, Heidegger, Derrida, Levinas and Irigaray. This scientific monograph on ethics of intersubjectivity and hospitaly was published by Springer. This monograph is an innovative elaboration on breath/ing in intercultural and transcultural contexts. The book has been endorsed by Professors Kevin Hart (University of Virginia), Rolf Elberfeld (Universitat Hildesheim) and Prof. Emer. Tadashi Ogawa (Kyoto University).
COBISS.SI-ID: 1537324996