Name: Apocalyptic Political Theology: Hegel, Taubes and Malabou (Political Theologies, 3)
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Author: Thomas Lynch
ISBN: 9781350064744

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Apocalyptic Political Theology: Hegel, Taubes and Malabou (Political Theologies, 3)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Lynch

Publisher

Bloomsbury 3Pl

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

216

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781350064744

Synopsis "Apocalyptic Political Theology: Hegel, Taubes and Malabou (Political Theologies, 3) "

Hegel's philosophy of religion contains an implicit political theology. When viewed in connection with his wider work on subjectivity, history and politics, this political theology is a resource for apocalyptic thinking. In a world of climate change, inequality, oppressive gender roles and racism, Hegel can be used to theorise the hope found in the end of that world. Histories of apocalyptic thinking draw a line connecting the medieval prophet Joachim of Fiore and Marx. This line passes through Hegel, who transforms the relationship between philosophy and theology by philosophically employing theological concepts to critique the world. Jacob Taubes provides an example of this Hegelian political theology, weaving Christianity, Judaism and philosophy to develop an apocalypticism that is not invested in the world. Taubes awaits the end of the world knowing that apocalyptic destruction is also a form of creation. Catherine Malabou discusses this relationship between destruction and creation in terms of plasticity. Using plasticity to reformulate apocalypticism allows for a form of apocalyptic thinking that is immanent and materialist. Together Hegel, Taubes and Malabou provide the resources for thinking about why the world should end. The resulting apocalyptic pessimism is not passive, but requires an active refusal of the world.

Thomas Lynch

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Thomas Lynch (Detroit, 1948), American poet and essayist, director for over forty years of a funeral home in Milford, Michigan, is the author of the poetry books Skating With Heather Grace (1987), Grimalkin and Other Poems (1994), Still Life in Milford (1998) and the essay book Bodies in Motion and at Rest (2000). Lynch's poems and essays have appeared in major publications such as The New Yorker, Harper's, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, and The London Review of Books, among others. He has received several awards both domestically and internationally, including those given by The National Book Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Arvon Foundation in England. The Undertaking is his most important book of essays, translated into seven languages, winner of the American Book Award and the Heartland Prize for nonfiction, and a finalist for the National Book Award.

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