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“Messianicity Without Messianism”: On the Place of Religion in the Philosophy of Jacques Derrida [PDF]

open access: yesChanging Societies & Personalities, 2020
This article examines Jacques Derrida’s concept of “messianicité sans messianisme” (“messianicity without messianism”) as an important example of rethinking the role and nature of religion in the late period of the work of the philosopher. Historical and
Roman Soloviy
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Conventional Wisdom and Contemporary Russian Messianism. A Critical Verification [PDF]

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2019
The article offers a critical overview of nine views common in academia related to Russian messianism. The main premise of messianism which is important for its political dimension, is: Providence has a plan along which History unfolds, and in this plan ...
A. Curanović
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The Esoteric Background of Yugoslav Messianism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Panhumanism was an intellectual movement in interwar Serbian culture that encompassed the idea of Yugoslav messianism. After research based on the archive material of the New Atlantis, we show that the circle of panhumanists from what was essentially the
Nemanja Radulović, Radulović, Nemanja
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Russian messianism: a historical and political analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
This is an analysis of the nature and political significance of Russian messianism: the idea that the Russian people or the Russian State is the `chosen people' or the `chosen instrument'. I outline the genesis of the theory of Moscow, the Third Rome and
Duncan, Peter John Stuart
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Levinas, Messianism and parody [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Levinas has come to be seen as one of the principle representatives in contemporary thought of a certain philosophically articulated concept of 'messianism'.
Holden, Terence Joseph
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THE ROLE OF MESSIANISM IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN IDENTITY AND STATECRAFT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Russian messianism – the longstanding idea of Russia as a ‘chosen’ nation with a historical mission is typically represented as a cliché with little or no relevance in politics.
Bouveng, Kerstin Rebecca   +1 more
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The Messianic Without Messianism [PDF]

open access: yesAnthropology & Materialism, 2013
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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Political messianism and democracy: On possibility of political self-transformation of democracy [PDF]

open access: yesFilozofija i Društvo, 2016
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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Second Temple Jewish Messianism as Social Political Discourse

open access: yes, 2022
Ancient Jewish authors wrote extensively on Jewish messiahs. Scholars have identified in these works the social, religious, and political agendas of Jewish writers.
Scott, Joshua
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Remarks on Some Aspects of Messianism

open access: yes, 2021
This is an English translation of a paper by Emilia Ehrlich OSU (1924–2006), a long-time secretary and close associate of John Paul II, published in Polish in 1982.
Ehrlich, Emilia; Ursulines of the Roman Union, Rome
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