The Messianic Without Messianism [PDF]
This article discusses Walter Benjamin’s messianic thought. Far from being a theological concept proper or a secularized motif of Judeo-Christian religion, the messianic is a complex figure of thought addressing a dimension of profane life that is neither culture nor nature but a ‘weak power’ within history allowing for a messianic standstill of the ...
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Beyond “Making Poland Great Again.” Nostalgia in Polish Populist and Non‐populist Discourses1
Nostalgia can be triggered not only by personal recollections but also by exposure to narratives or images evoking desirable pasts, more or less fictional, and inducing feelings of longing for them. We analyze the institutional and semiotic machinery involved in the cultural construction of nostalgia in Poland and its role in generating sentiments that
Marta Kotwas, Jan Kubik
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The novel and the nation: the case of David Grossman's see under: love [PDF]
While Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities is a crucial reference point in studies of the relations between the novel genre and the nation, it is often forgotten that he locates the link between the two in a particular "apprehension of time".
Vermeulen, Pieter
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Karl Lueger and the Reichspost: Construction of a Cult of Personality
This article contributes to the body of research on fin‐de‐siècle Viennese and Austrian history, as well as the history of ideas and press history. It expands on the scholarship by focusing on one newspaper — the Catholic‐conservative Reichspost (affiliated with the Christian Social Party) — to analyse how it perpetuated the cult of personality ...
Chris O'Neill
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Political messianism and democracy: On possibility of political self-transformation of democracy [PDF]
The article deals with the relation of political messianism to ongoing debate on the crisis of democracy. The conceptual framework of political messianism is the convenient analytical tool because it makes the concept of crisis a starting point ...
Pavićević Đorđe
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Emancipating ethics: an autonomist reading of Islamic forms of life in Russia
Abstract This article advances a framework aimed at capturing the political life of ethical intensity by putting autonomist theory in resonance with ethnographic material pertaining to quietist Muslim milieus in post‐Soviet Russia. The emancipatory and prefigurative potential of collective projects of self‐legislation – in this case, ‘halal living ...
Matteo Benussi
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Entangled Stories: The Red Jews in Premodern Yiddish and German Apocalyptic Lore [PDF]
“Far, far away from our areas, somewhere beyond the Mountains of Darkness, on the other side of the Sambatyon River…there lives a nation known as the Red Jews.” The Red Jews are best known from classic Yiddish writing, most notably from Mendele's Kitser ...
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Messianisme dalam Perspektif Filsafat Sejarah
The concept of messianism which was derived from religion was also found in historical thought of philosophers like Hegel, Karl Marx, Auguste Comte, Berdyaev.
Misnal Munir
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Messianica ratio. Affinities and Differences in Cohen’s and Benjamin's Messianic Rationalism
In my paper, I intend firmly to criticize Taubes' interpretation of Benjamin's Theology as a modern form of Gnosticism (Benjamin as a modern Marcionit). In a positive way, I sustain rather the thesis that Benjamin's Messianism is in close connection with
Fabrizio Desideri
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Whether «philosophy after Bucha» is possible: philosophical and theological considerations
The article analyses the problem of the current state of philosophy in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is argued that contemporary philosophers are faced with the question: «How is philosophy possible after Bucha?».
Volodymyr Volkovskyi, Roman Samchuk
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