"In spite of its victims without number, Hitler's murderous enterprise ended in failure. It has had a twofold effect: it has accelerated the concern for victims, but it has also demoralized it. Hitlerism avenges its failure by making the concern for victims hysterical, turning it into a kind of caricature. yet in a world where relativism has seemingly defeated religion and every 'value' that is religious in origin, the concern for victims is more alive than ever. [...] but a dark pessimism took over the second half of the twentieth century. Although understandable, this reaction is as excessive as the arrogance preceding it."
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, trans. James G. Williams (New York: Orbis, 2001), p. 176.
No comments:
Post a Comment