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Philosophy for Militants
No longer imminent, the End is immanent. Ends are ends, Frank Kermode goes on to clarify, only when they are not negative but frankly transfigure the events in which they were immanent. From its imminence to its immanence, not negative, no longer, but transformative, how is the End in turn transfigured? In what may ending be said then to consist? To the end times of apocalypse and eschatology Giorgio Agamben, following Gianni Carchia, opposes messianism and messianic timeto the end of time, in a formula, the time of the end. To the writings of those for whom to philosophize is to learn how to diefrom Plato to Montaigne and beyondone may oppose, in like manner, the writings of Spinoza, who thinks of death least of all thingsfor nature is Messianic by reason of its eternal and total passing away, as Benjamin writesand so in whose pages wisdom, transfigured, is a meditation on life. If you want to support my blog, then you can buy a premium account through any of my files (i.e. on the download page of my book). In this case, I get a percent of sale and can continue to delight you with new books!