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Political messianism --- Messianisme politique --- History --- Histoire --- France --- Kings and rulers --- Religious aspects --- Rois et souverains --- Aspect religieux --- Messianism, Political --- Religious aspects. --- Messianism, Political - France. --- FRANCE --- MONARCHIE --- HISTOIRE --- POLITIQUE ET GOUVERNEMENT --- 16E-17E SIECLES

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This collection of 16 articles represents a selection of the papers delivered in the course of a seminar (1995-1996) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and its concluding joint symposium held at the Institute and Princeton University. Wide-ranging in scope, the volume covers messianic expectations from biblical times up to modern and contemporaneous adaptations, whereby the focus lies on the messianic concept within Judaism: diversity and variety of messianic expectations in antiquity; messianic movements at the time of the Crusades and around the fifth millennium (1240); the 'Pseudo'-Messiah Sabbatai Avi in the early modern period; the philosophers Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Walter Benjamin with respect to their thinking about messianism as well as the Lubavitch movement. Also included are investigations on pagan Graeco-Roman writings and messianic strands in the medieval and baroque Christian context. The section on the modern period contains contributions dealing with the Ahmaddiyya movement in India, messianic currents in the socio-political culture of the Weimar Republic as well as certain messianic aspects in the very recent so-called Branch Davidian community in Waco, Texas. The broad spectrum of stimulating analyses provides a fresh re-evaluation of an apparently timeless phenomenon.

Messianism --- Jewish messianic movements --- Millennialism --- Messianism, Political --- Messianisme --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Political messianism --- 232.1 --- 296*64 --- 291.61 --- -Messianism --- -Messianism, Political --- -Millennialism --- -Amillennialism --- Chiliasm --- Millenarianism --- Millennianism --- Postmillennialism --- Premillennialism --- Dispensationalism --- Fundamentalism --- Millennium (Eschatology) --- Nationalism --- Religion --- Nativistic movements --- Messianic movements, Jewish --- Jews --- Messiah --- Messianisme. Messias--(algemeen) --- Joods messianisme en apocalyptiek --- Vertegenwoordigers van de godheid: incarnatie; messias; priesters; hiërarchie; theocratie --- Restoration --- Judaism --- -Messianisme. Messias--(algemeen) --- 291.61 Vertegenwoordigers van de godheid: incarnatie; messias; priesters; hiërarchie; theocratie --- 296*64 Joods messianisme en apocalyptiek --- 232.1 Messianisme. Messias--(algemeen) --- -291.61 Vertegenwoordigers van de godheid: incarnatie; messias; priesters; hiërarchie; theocratie --- Amillennialism --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Messianism - Congresses --- Jewish messianic movements - Congresses --- Millennialism - Congresses --- Political messianism - Congresses --- Jewish messianic movements. --- Messianic era (Judaism)

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If nationalism is the assertion of legitimacy for a nation and its effectiveness as a political entity, why do many nations emphasize images of their own defeat in understanding their history? Using Israel, Serbia, France, Greece and Ghana as examples, the author argues that this phenomenon exposes the ambivalence that lurks behind the passions nationalism evokes. Symbols of defeat glorify a nation's ancient past, while reenacting the destruction of that past as a necessary step in constructing a functioning modern society. As a result, these symbols often assume a foundational role in national mythology. Threats to such symbols are perceived as threats to the nation itself and consequently are met with desperation difficult for outsiders to understand.

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