@MichelleLZier @lukeburgis end/ It will take a miracle to end it, yes, the irruption of a crowning planetary authority revealing a new and vital coherence transcending the mimetic crisis of chronically malignant fictions and fabrications sustaining the whole, aggregate shitshow. A phase shift, then.
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One should draw a distinction between “messianism” as a theory, a principle of historical interpretation, and “messianism” which is also an operative program for political action. While the first may also have practical political implications, in this case it is the nature of the desired goals and purposes which is defined by the messianic vision, and not the political means for their realization, which are to be decided upon and implemented in accordance with practical and rationalistic considerations. By contrast, messianism as a political program means that not only the goals, but also the means for their attainment, are governed by ‘messianic ideas and attitudes. Hence, in this approach radical politics are an integral part of the messianic theology which legitimizes and prescribes this style of politics. Mahdi Ahoui Messianism and Political Action: How Utopianism and Nationalism Merge in Contemporary Shi’ite and Jewish Political Theologies
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To conclude, the extremist active messianists in both Shi’ism and Judaism are indeed unique and novel phenomena, and their uniqueness and novelty lies not in their “political radicalism” nor in their messianism as such, but rather in their transformation of the Jewish/Shi’ite messianic vision into a radical and all-embracing political program to be fully implemented here and now. The purpose of this paper was not to make any analogy be- tween Iran and Israel as political establishments. For obvious reasons, the “Islamic Republic” and the “Jewish State” are conceptually and structurally very different entities. This research, however, showed the linkage between messianic ideology and nationalism in contemporary Shi’ite and Jewish political theologies. In both cases, religion is lending its sanction to an innovative one (i.e. Jewish and Shi'ite political sovereignty), a structure that represents revolutionary change in the life of the people. Mahdi Ahoui
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End-time scenarios can motivate the faithful to self-referencing idealism and acts of heroic self-sacrifice. We have acknowledged the toll in human suffering that often accompanies this chauvinistic interpretation of religion. One may wonder how Shi’ite Muslims and religious Jews can prevent the misuse of their respective eschatologies countering the actions of coreligionists who invoke these traditions in the service of self-serving political aims Learning about each other’s faith traditions is one essential and urgent requirement. Religious educators and media professionals need to help educate the wider public about the people and tradition being negatively caricatured. If they would sponsor honest explorations of the positive and negative elements in each community’s religious heritage, such proactive leadership would help reduce mutual demonization. Religious authorities need to commit themselves to this process, so that past trauma does not become an excuse for future violence.
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@johnrobb end/ What form, such evolution? Only time will tell, but I suspect we of Anglo Twitter may yet look back to recognize that whatever blinded us to the advent of a bifurcation point, similarly blinded us to the inherently positive revelation of a greater *planetary* perspective.
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Copy of tweet: Nick Routledge · 1/ Yup. And, viewed in larger, evolutionary terms, this ostensibly dire progression follows a predictable, apocalyptic logic. Not apocalyptic in the sense in which the word is used colloquially to refer to catastrophes, but in the word’s original sense of revelation or unveiling.
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Copy of tweet: Nick Routledge · 1/ Yup. And, viewed in larger, evolutionary terms, this ostensibly dire progression follows a predictable, apocalyptic logic. Not apocalyptic in the sense in which the word is used colloquially to refer to catastrophes, but in the word’s original sense of revelation or unveiling.