Divining History: Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit (Making Sense of History, 26) - Softcover

Svenungsson, Jayne

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9781800732179: Divining History: Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit (Making Sense of History, 26)
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ISBN 10: 1800732171 ISBN 13: 9781800732179
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2021

Synopsis

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.
 

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About the Author

Jayne Svenungsson 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 Jewish Thought, Utopia, and Revolution and Monument and Memory.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1800732171
ISBN 13 
9781800732179
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
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