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Violence and Messianism - Jewish Philosophy and the Great Conflicts of the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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Violence and Messianism - Jewish Philosophy and the Great Conflicts of the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
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Violence and Messianism looks at how some of the figures of the
so-called Renaissance of "Jewish" philosophy between the two world
wars - Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin and Martin Buber -
grappled with problems of violence, revolution and war. At once
inheriting and breaking with the great historical figures of
political philosophy such as Kant and Hegel, they also exerted
considerable influence on the next generation of European
philosophers, like Levinas, Derrida and others. This book aims to
think through the great conflicts in the past century in the
context of the theory of catastrophe and the beginning of new
messianic time. Firstly, it is a book about means and ends - that
is, about whether good ends can be achieved through bad means.
Second, it is a book about time: peace time, war time, time it
takes to transfer from war to peace, etc. Is a period of peace
simply a time that excludes all violence? How long does it take to
establish peace (to remove all violence)? Building on this, it then
discusses whether there is anything that can be called messianic
acting. Can we - are we capable of, or allowed to - act violently
in order to hasten the arrival of the Messiah and peace? And would
we then be in messianic time? Finally, how does this notion of
messianism - a name for a sudden and unpredictable event - fit in,
for example, with our contemporary understanding of terrorist
violence? The book attempts to understand such pressing questions
by reconstructing the notions of violence and messianism as they
were elaborated by 20th century Jewish political thought. Providing
an important contribution to the discussion on terrorism and the
relationship between religion and violence, this book will appeal
to theorists of terrorism and ethics of war, as well as students
and scholars of Philosophy, Jewish studies and religion studies.
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