Amartya Sen : la idea de la justicia

Resumen: El artículo analiza la importancia del último libro publicado por Amartya Sen, La idea de la justicia, que representa una síntesis de todo su pensamiento. El autor destaca que la importancia de esta obra radica en su dimensión ética, guiada por la razón, y la compara con la teoría de John Rawls, trazando los paralelos y diferencias que existen entre el pensamiento de ambos intelectuales. Luego, Migliore expone los tres grandes temas abordados por Sen en su teoría: la cuestión de la distribución justa de los r ecursos, la democracia o libertad de participación, y los derechos humanos. Finalmente, a modo de conclusión, sugiere que la obra del economista indio tiene interesantes coincidencias con el pensamiento social cristiano.

Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.

Abstract: Focusing on Obadiah and Psalm 137, this article provides biblical evidence for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah during the Babylonian crisis ca. 588–586 B.C.E. After setting a context that includes the use of treaties in the ancient Near East to establish expectations for political relationships and the likelihood that Edom could operate as a political entity in the Judahite Negev during the Babylonian assault, this article demonstrates that Obadiah’s poetics include a density of inverted form and content (a reversal motif) pointing to treaty betrayal. Obadiah’s modifications of Jeremiah 49, a text with close thematic and terminological parallels, evidence an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah. Moreover, the study shows that Obadiah is replete with treaty allusions. A study of Psalm 137 in comparison with Aramaic treaty texts from Sefire reveals that this difficult psalm also evidences a treaty betrayal by Edom and includes elements appropriate for treaty curses. The article closes with a discussion of piecemeal data from a few other biblical texts, a criticism of the view that Edom was innocent during the Babylonian crisis, and a suggestion that this treaty betrayal may have contributed to the production of some anti-Edom biblical material.