Divining History: Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit - Brossura

Svenungsson, Jayne

 
9781800732179: Divining History: Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit
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ISBN 10: 1800732171 ISBN 13: 9781800732179
Casa editrice: Berghahn Books, 2021

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<p>For millennia, messianic visions of redemption have inspired men and women to turn against unjust and oppressive orders. Yet these very same traditions are regularly decried as antecedents to the violent and authoritarian ideologies of modernity. Informed in equal parts by theology and historical theory, this book offers a provocative exploration of this double-edged legacy. Author Jayne Svenungsson rigorously pursues a middle path between utopian arrogance and an enervated postmodernism, assessing the impact of Jewish and Christian theologies of history on subsequent thinkers, and in the process identifying a web of spiritual and intellectual motifs extending from ancient Jewish prophets to contemporary radicals such as Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Zizek.<br> </p>

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Informazioni sull?autore

<p><strong>Jayne Svenungsson</strong> is Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University, Sweden. She is part of the interdisciplinary research program “Time, Memory and Representation: Transformations in Historical Consciousness.” Her recent publications include the books <em>Jewish Thought, Utopia, and Revolution</em> and <em>Monument and Memory</em>.</p>

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Editore
Berghahn Books
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1800732171
ISBN 13 
9781800732179
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
240
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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