Divining History

Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-217-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 357 g

Reihe: Making Sense of History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svenungsson, Jayne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. The God of History

Chapter 2. The Ages of History

Chapter 3. Romantic History

Chapter 4. History after God

Chapter 5.The Politics of History

Postface: A Theopolitical Vision

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Svenungsson, Jayne
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.