Le choix de Ponce Pilate, entre le sacré et le profane

• Authors: Sara Tongiani

Title variants

EN

The Choice of Pontius Pilate, Between the Sacred and the Profane

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

At the beginning of The Man and the Sacred (1939) Roger Caillois affirmed that “every religious conception of the universe implies that there is a distinction between the sacred and the profane”. Caillois discussed the theme of the sacred throughout his life, in several essays, articles and lectures. In 1961, Caillois wrote Pontius Pilate, a brief novel in which he explored the dilemma of the governor of Judea. For the first time, Caillois changed genre. The author escaped the theme of the sacred by way of the novel. The purpose of this paper is to show how the theme of the sacred leads to a comparison between the thought of Caillois, the theories of the College of Sociology, and the theme of The Scapegoat by René Girard.

Keywords

FR

Roger Caillois; The Man and the Sacred; Pontius Pilate; sacred; profane

EN

Roger Caillois; The Man and the Sacred; Pontius Pilate; sacred; profane

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Wydawnictwo Werset
• Journal: Quêtes littéraires
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 124-132

Dates

published

2013-12-30

Contributors

author

Sara Tongiani

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ql.4613