Depeche mode : : Jacob Taubes between politics, philosophy, and religion / / edited by Herbert Kopp-Oberstebrink, Hartmut von Sass.

• Superior document: Supplements to the journal of jewish thought and philosophy ; Volume 32
• TeilnehmendeR: Kopp-Oberstebrink, Herbert,; Sass, Hartmut von, 1980-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; Volume 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 pages)

Jacob Taubes is one of the most significant intellectual figures in the more recent German intellectual scene-and beyond. However, Taubes was either dismissed as a highly controversial character, or as a mere commentator of ongoing debates, or the reception was restricted to his considerations on religion and the ambivalences of secularity. This volume challenges these reductions by putting Taubes' original, albeit marginalised, texts into new, sometimes surprising contexts. Furthermore, it relates familiar topics in his oeuvre to lesser-known themes that are still highly pertinent for contemporary discussions on faith, modernity, and the limits of politics.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction Jacob Taubes between Politics, Philosophy, and Religion -- Herbert Kopp-Oberstebrink & Hartmut von Sass -- 1 Taubes's Jüdischkeit, or How One Led a Jewish Life in Post-Holocaust Germany -- Martin Treml -- 2 Depeche Mode Jacob Taubes and His Style -- Hartmut von Sass -- 3 Jacob Taubes, the Jewish Hegelian -- Agata Bielik-Robson -- 4 Jacob Taubes Messianism and Political Theology after the Shoah -- Elettra Stimilli -- 5 The Boredom of "Pure Philosophy" Jacob Taubes, Academic Philosophy, and the Challenge of Theologico-Philosophical Intervention -- Herbert Kopp-Oberstebrink -- 6 Between Fascination and Compulsive Schmittian Reading The Traces of Walter Benjamin in Jacob Taubes's Writings -- Sigrid Weigel -- 7 From Heaven above and Hell below On the Social Scientific Task of Translating 'Gnosis' -- Christian Zolles -- 8 Gnosis and the Covert Theology of Antitheology Heidegger, Apocalypticism, and Gnosticism in Susan and Jacob Taubes -- Elliot R. Wolfson -- 9 Taubes and Secularization -- Gabriel Motzkin -- Index.