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castigo
retribución
relación responsiva
hybris
miasma greek myth
punishment
retribution
responsive relation
hybris
miasma
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Este artículo desarrolla una concepción relacional del castigo en el mito griego, preguntándose no qué tipos o cantidades de sufrimiento cuentan como castigo, sino qué hace inteligible una consecuencia dañina como respuesta punitiva. A través de las fuentes antiguas identificamos un campo recurrente de posiciones, honores, obligaciones y límites cuya perturbación genera exigencias de respuesta. Denominamos este campo economía relacional responsiva, dentro de la cual el castigo constituye una posible modalidad de respuesta. Las consecuencias punitivas no necesitan reproducir un sufrimiento equivalente: pueden redistribuir, invertir, transformar, prolongar o delimitar aspectos de la relación perturbada. La correspondencia mimética es así una forma de adecuación punitiva, no su principio definitorio, ni garantiza necesariamente el cierre. La represalia puede generar nuevas pretensiones, mientras la repetición, privación o frustración pueden impedir la culminación. Casos como Titono y Midas muestran además que un daño grave no es punitivo si no responde a una perturbación antecedente. Estas narraciones revelan problemas de respuesta, limitación y cierre, no una doctrina unificada de la justicia.
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