Andreas Michel

Darrell P. Arnold

This volume explores Andrew Feenberg’s work in critical theory. Feenberg is considered one of the key ‘second generation’ critical theorists, with a keen interest in philosophy of technology. He has made a vital contribution to critical theory in ways that remain of interest given the pressing technological issues of our time. The authors of this book highlight not only the ways that Feenberg has begun to make good on what is often characterized as “the broken promise of critical theory” to address issues of technology, but also the continued importance of critical theory more generally, and of Feenberg’s contributions to understanding this tradition.

Critical Theory and the Thought of Andrew Feenberg

English summary: Children are often the victims of violence in the Old Testament, and in most instances God bears the responsibility for these acts of violence. In this work, Andreas Michel demonstrates that there are parallels between today's attitude regarding these acts and the attitude of the Greek translators of the Old Testament who, because they could not bear the thought of God permitting these acts of violence, simply omitted some of these incidents from their bible. In order to present proof of this, the author evaluates for the first time all those negative verbs which are related to violence and which have God as their subject. In doing so, he is guided by the presentation of the so-called countertestimony in Walter Brueggemann's Theology of the Old Testament from 1997. In a discussion of Psalm 137 and Genesis 22, two texts which pertain particularly to violence against children, and of texts concerning cannibalism of children, the author reaches the conclusion that the biblical image of God, as repulsive as it may seem, must be taken seriously. German description: Kinder sind im alttestamentlichen Kontext in einem erschreckend hohen Ausmass Opfer tatsachlicher oder angekundigter korperlicher Gewalt. Dabei verblufft die starke negative Involvierung der Gottesfigur in diese Gewaltszenarien. Andreas Michel vergleicht die hebraischen und griechischen Fassungen der Gewalt-gegen-Kinder-Texte textkritisch mit denjenigen Texten, in denen negative, gewaltnahe Verben mit gottlichem Subjekt verbunden werden. Eine eindruckliche Sammlung dieser Verben aus dem biblischen countertestimony (Brueggemann 1997) wird hier erstmals prasentiert. Es zeigt sich, dass die Verbindung von eGott' und eGewalt' schon seit fruhesten Zeiten als problematisch empfunden worden ist, freilich nicht so sehr wegen der Opfer, den Kindern, sondern wegen des Taters, Gott. In exemplarischen Durchgangen werden drei besonders exponierte Gewalt-gegen-Kinder-Kontexte im Blick auf das Gottesbild beleuchtet, und zwar Psalm 137 (Kinder zerschlagen), die Kinder-Kannibalismus-Texte (Kinder essen) und Genesis 22 (Kinder opfern). Der Autor pladiert dafur, sich auch mit der als abstossend empfundenen Abgrundigkeit des biblischen Gottes auseinander zu setzen.

Gott und Gewalt gegen Kinder im Alten Testament

This textbook is an introduction to the various areas of Italian linguistics: Along with the methods of modern linguistics and their description using Italian examples, aspects of the history of research are also discussed. They concern the Italian reception of modern linguistic methods as well as work on relevant linguistic topics in the pre-scientific epoch in Italy.

Andreas Michel

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