Metaphysics of the Profane: The Political Theology of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem

Eric Jacobson

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Paper, 352 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12657-1
$32.00 / £22.00

August, 2003
Cloth, 352 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12656-4
$90.00 / £62.00

I Messianism

1. The Messianic Idea in Walter Benjamin's Early Writings

2. Gershom Scholem's Theological Politics

II On the Origins of Language and the True Names of Things

3. On the Origins of Language

4. Gershom Scholem and the Name of God

III Justice and Redemption

5. Prophetic Justice

6. Judgment, Violence, and Redemption

Related Subjects

• Judaism

About the Author

Eric Jacobson is Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies and chair of Theology and Religious Studies at Roehampton University London.

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