Extreme messianism
The Chabad movement and the impasse of the charisma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2492857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Enzo Pace (0000-0002-6861-3415, University of Padua, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 27 |
| Pages | 37-48 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Horizontes Antropológicos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-7183 • E-ISSN: 1806-9983 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-71832007000100003 |
| OpenAlex | W2102272967 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-71832007000100003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The article deals with the social construction of the charisma of the seventh leader (rebbe) of the Jewish Chabad movement, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (19021994). The comprehensive analysis of the charismatic carrier of the leader shows the process by which the spiritual power of Schneerson moved from a classical (according to Weber) interaction between charisma and a community that recognizes this power to a identification of his figure with the Messiah. Schneerson and the Chabad movement actually represent an effort to modernize one of the two tendencies present in the Chassidic tradition concerning the figure of Messiah: in contrast with the idea that considers not predictable the arrival of Messiah, Chabad, particularly because of the Schneerson's charisma, believe the advent of Messiah imminent. The task of the leader consequently is to pay attention on the premonitory signs of the forthcoming event. The identification between charisma and Messiah in Chabad movement represents a case study of extreme messianism that means a real impasse to solve and rule the question of succession of charisma after the death of the Rebbe
Charisma · Charismatic authority · Judaism · Messiah · Messianism · Physics · Power (physics · Sociology · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |