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.
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9781350064737
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2020
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Engelsk
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