Messianic Time and Monetary Value1

In this essay we return to Walter Benjamin’s notion of messianic time as outlined in his Theses on the Philosophy of History. Messianic time is read with Benjamin’s Sonnette as a “divestment” from historical time. That is, messianic time is a relinquishing of historical time’s formation of identitie...

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Main Author: Michael J. Thate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/9/112