This paper addresses the subject of messianic language in the works of Walter Benjamin and the way in which it is articulated with the idea, in the author's youthful years, of a community (Gemeinschaft). From the idea of community, as it was defended in his earliest texts such as “The Life of Students”, it was possible to think of the idea of a language that would be the “spiritual” and metaphysical path that would allow the relationship between the members of that community. It was thus an ideal search for a spiritual community, united by a particular vision of history, ethics, and language, i.e. messianic.

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Language to Come: The Time of Community

  • Maria João Cantinho

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This paper addresses the subject of messianic language in the works of Walter Benjamin and the way in which it is articulated with the idea, in the author's youthful years, of a community (Gemeinschaft). From the idea of community, as it was defended in his earliest texts such as “The Life of Students”, it was possible to think of the idea of a language that would be the “spiritual” and metaphysical path that would allow the relationship between the members of that community. It was thus an ideal search for a spiritual community, united by a particular vision of history, ethics, and language, i.e. messianic.