This collection explores the phenomenon of the messianic in
contemporary philosophy, religion and culture. From the later
Derrida 's work on Marx and Benjamin to Agamben and Badiou 's
recent texts on St Paul, it is becoming possible to detect a marked
messianic turn in contemporary continental thought. However,
despite the plethora of work in the field there has not been any
sustained attempt to think through the larger philosophical,
theological and cultural implications of this phenomenon. What,
then, characterises our contemporary messianic moment? Where does
it come from? And why speak of the messianic now? In The Messianic
Now: Philosophy, Religion, Culture, a group of
internationally-known figures and rising stars within the fields of
continental philosophy, religious studies and cultural studies come
together to consider what the messianic might mean at the beginning
of the 21st century. This book was published as a special issue of
the Journal of Cultural Research.
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