Jacob Taubes

Jacob Taubes (1923-87) was one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the 20th-century, but until recently there has been little academic writing about him. Elettra Stimilli presents the first English translation of Taubes'' work, which has proved so essential to philosophical and theological studies. Stimilli''s work will hold considerable interest for students and scholars specialising in Saint Paul''s writings; Taubes brilliantly deconstructed these texts to reveal their more subversive and heterodox implications and through his interlocutions with Carl Schmitt, identified the apostle as a heretical Jew, who decided to follow Jesus. Such original thought ushered in a new realm of political theology that has been crucial to thinkers who work with Pauline thought today, such as Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou. Stimilli''s work has grown increasingly significant and her incisive treatment of Taubes'' writings will bring him to the attention of an even wider audience.>

Préface
First English translation of Jacob Taubes' work revealing his original thought and writing on eschatology and political theology.

Auteur
Elettra Stimilli is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of Jacob Taubes (2004) and The Debt of the Living (2017) and the co-editor, with Dario Gentili and Glenda Garelli, of Italian Critical Thought (2018).

Contenu

Introduction

Chapter One: Occidental Eschatology

Chapter Two: For a theological atheism

Chapter Three: Theology and Political Theory

Chapter Four: Philosophy of history between mythology and theology

Chapter Five: The messianic logic

Biographical Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names