On the outlook : figures of the Messianic / / edited by Thomas Crombez and Katrien Vloeberghs

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007; Newcastle, U.K. : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/36
• Soggetto topico: Messianism - History; Political messianism - History; Messianism in literature
• Altri autori: CrombezThomas VloeberghsKatrien
• Note generali: "This book is based on lectures presented at the international conference for junior scholars 'On the outlook: figures of the Messianic', ... within the context of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, in May 2006"--Acknowledgments.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Discontinuous historiographies -- Historical contexts of messianism -- The poetics of messianism -- Human agency and the coming of the Messiah.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the traditional and contemporary modes and stakes of messianic thinking in its close interaction with both previous and actual political contexts and theoretical discourses. In the past decades, philosophers and political thinkers repeatedly drew upon the millennial tradition of messianic thinking in their efforts to come to terms with the injustices of the present. Their conceptions of messianism build upon and revise, modify or radicalize politico-theological theories d...
• Titolo autorizzato: On the outlook
• ISBN: 1-282-19139-X; 9786612191398; 1-4438-0766-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809258303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II