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German Language and Literature

Syracuse University

2011

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Squaring The Cultural Circle: Dialectical Approaches To Reading Cultural Memory, Solibakke Ivan Karl Oct 2011

Squaring The Cultural Circle: Dialectical Approaches To Reading Cultural Memory, Solibakke Ivan Karl

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Introduction: Thoughts Unfinished And Messages Undelivered, Solibakke Ivan Karl Mar 2011

Introduction: Thoughts Unfinished And Messages Undelivered, Solibakke Ivan Karl

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Divine Justice And Profane Power: Benjamin’S And Kafka’S Approach To Messianism, Solibakke Ivan Karl Mar 2011

Divine Justice And Profane Power: Benjamin’S And Kafka’S Approach To Messianism, Solibakke Ivan Karl

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Intrinsically dialectical in nature, sudden messianic change and the resolute character of the law are so closely connected with one another that both concepts should be among the key factors shaping a broad understanding of global cultures today. Whether we await the coming of the messiah as the Jewish religion teaches or commemorate his having come and died as most Christian teachings hold, it appears that Walter Benjamin’s “now of a particular recognizability” (The Arcades Project 493) remains elusive, especially with respect to the correlation between the past and the future. In the spirit of temporal vectors that converge, Benjamin’s …