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/library/oar/handle/123456789/141146| Title: | Against the hegemony of thanatopolitics : non-violence as a catholic response to euthanasia |
| Authors: | Calleja, Carlo |
| Keywords: | Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Death -- Religious aspects -- Catholicism Biopolitics Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Influence Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Palliative treatment Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects Catholic Church -- Doctrines |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Boston College School of Theology and Ministry |
| Citation: | Calleja, C. (2017). Against the Hegemony of Thanatopolitics: Non-violence as a Catholic Response to Euthanasia. Memento Mori: Lumen et Via Symposium, Boston. 1-11. |
| Abstract: | Although suffering and death have always been part and parcel of the human condition, over the past few decades there has been increasing pressure on governments to legalize euthanasia. Here, I will try and show how this renewed interest in euthanasia might be due to biopolitics, or rather, thanatopolitics. I will argue that this is producing a hegemony, or a collective oppressive force over those who are in the last stage of their life. As a response to this struggle, I will propose the way of non-violence as a means of befriending the oppressive force of death and of rediscovering its centrality to humankind. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141146 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacTheMT |
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