Abendländische Eschatologie (Occidental Eschatology) is the seminal 1947 work by Jewish philosopher and theologian Jacob Taubes, exploring the deep structure of Western historical consciousness through the lens of eschatology—the study of end time ...
Abendländische Eschatologie (Occidental Eschatology) is the seminal 1947 work by Jewish philosopher and theologian Jacob Taubes, exploring the deep structure of Western historical consciousness through the lens of eschatology—the study of end times, redemption, and ultimate meaning.
Taubes argues that Western thought, from Saint Paul to Karl Marx, is shaped by a messianic impulse: the belief in a radical rupture that will bring about a new world. He traces this eschatological thread through Christian theology, Gnostic visions, Reformation movements, and modern revolutionary ideologies, showing how the West has repeatedly imagined history as a path toward salvation or catastrophe.
Rather than treating eschatology as a religious doctrine alone, Taubes presents it as a philosophical and political force—one that animates both utopian hope and apocalyptic dread. His work influenced thinkers like Giorgio Agamben, Carl Schmitt, and Slavoj Žižek, and remains a cornerstone in studies of political theology, radical philosophy, and modernity’s spiritual crises
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