Locating the Messianic

In Search of Causation and Benjamin’s Last Message

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18948077
AutoresEric Jacobson (autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen13
Número3-4
Páginas207-223
Fecha de publicación2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14797580903101144
OpenAlexW2127186622
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

Few ideas have had greater influence or caused greater suffering than the concept of the Messiah. Those drawn to the messianic by Walter Benjamin have been led to speculate on a messianic current within history. In order to unearth this current and to think about its causation, a new topographical map must be drawn. An intrinsic and extrinsic messianism are two points at either end of a spectrum. Between these two points, we may return to Benjamin's last message and seek a solution to the problem of a weak messianism in history

Causation · Economics · Epistemology · Judaism · Messiah · Messianism · Theology · History · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation