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"This volume explores the connection between two phenomena usually thought to be utterly incongruous, even antithetical: 'utopia' and 'everyday life'. It presents a series of essays, written over the last twenty years, which rethink the nature and prospects of utopianism in a world that has grown increasingly sceptical as to the possibility of systemic socio-political transformation in a positive direction. Through critical interdisciplinary engagements with a wide variety of thinkers ranging from Mikhail Bakhtin to Henri Lefebvre and beyond, many of whom are often read as anti-utopian figures, the essays argue that it is possible to locate utopian promises buried deep within the embodied rituals, practices and symbolic forms associated with everyday existence, in a manner that reveals the essential openness of the present day to momentous future change."--P. [4] of cover

The study of political religion has focused on how religious structure and substance came to permeate grand political ideologies such as fascism and communism. The relevance of various relatively veiled forms of religion in modern day-to-day democratic politics has been undervalued and we therefore fail to appreciate to what extent, and how religious structure and substance have also penetrated conventional democratic politics. As a result, we do not comprehend that it is the progressive abolition of "quasi-messianism" in politics that is currently causing the existential problem of democracy, namely massive political disaffection. Quasi-messianism concerned the visionary anticipation of a better world that is attainable, here and in the distant, yet foreseeable future. This promise accorded politics an enchanting quality. Quite down-to-earth political ventures got charged with an inspiring and imaginative sense of purpose, direction, and meaning, but equally with this-worldly catalysts, which, in contrast to the political-religious grand utopias, were operational and practical. In this quality, some mass political projects or elite missions developed a capacity to enchant the political elite and the public alike. Hence the thesis that it is the disenchantment of politics, which lies at the heart of the contemporary phenomenon of waning political allegiance. Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2009.

International audience ; The present paper discusses the structure of the Church of Almighty God which enables its leader to control the church from a distance and reconsiders the relationship between politics and religion. Although having a Christian identity, the Church of Almighty God adopting a highly hierarchical structure finds its roots in the Maoist political culture and a Chinese messianic tradition as well. The encounter of these traditions and cultures in the context of contemporary China shows us how new religions groups absorb different symbolic resources to nurture their own organisation and to what extent Christianity is sinized. Through this case study, we see how an old tradition can be alive today and how the borrowing of discourse and practice between social-political organisations is common. Not only religious groups inspire government for its politics, but also government measures nurture religious groups' practices.

International audience ; The present paper discusses the structure of the Church of Almighty God which enables its leader to control the church from a distance and reconsiders the relationship between politics and religion. Although having a Christian identity, the Church of Almighty God adopting a highly hierarchical structure finds its roots in the Maoist political culture and a Chinese messianic tradition as well. The encounter of these traditions and cultures in the context of contemporary China shows us how new religions groups absorb different symbolic resources to nurture their own organisation and to what extent Christianity is sinized. Through this case study, we see how an old tradition can be alive today and how the borrowing of discourse and practice between social-political organisations is common. Not only religious groups inspire government for its politics, but also government measures nurture religious groups' practices.

International audience ; The present paper discusses the structure of the Church of Almighty God which enables its leader to control the church from a distance and reconsiders the relationship between politics and religion. Although having a Christian identity, the Church of Almighty God adopting a highly hierarchical structure finds its roots in the Maoist political culture and a Chinese messianic tradition as well. The encounter of these traditions and cultures in the context of contemporary China shows us how new religions groups absorb different symbolic resources to nurture their own organisation and to what extent Christianity is sinized. Through this case study, we see how an old tradition can be alive today and how the borrowing of discourse and practice between social-political organisations is common. Not only religious groups inspire government for its politics, but also government measures nurture religious groups' practices.

International audience ; The present paper discusses the structure of the Church of Almighty God which enables its leader to control the church from a distance and reconsiders the relationship between politics and religion. Although having a Christian identity, the Church of Almighty God adopting a highly hierarchical structure finds its roots in the Maoist political culture and a Chinese messianic tradition as well. The encounter of these traditions and cultures in the context of contemporary China shows us how new religions groups absorb different symbolic resources to nurture their own organisation and to what extent Christianity is sinized. Through this case study, we see how an old tradition can be alive today and how the borrowing of discourse and practice between social-political organisations is common. Not only religious groups inspire government for its politics, but also government measures nurture religious groups' practices.

International audience The present paper discusses the structure of the Church of Almighty God which enables its leader to control the church from a distance and reconsiders the relationship between politics and religion. Although having a Christian identity, the Church of Almighty God adopting a highly hierarchical structure finds its roots in the Maoist political culture and a Chinese messianic tradition as well. The encounter of these traditions and cultures in the context of contemporary China shows us how new religions groups absorb different symbolic resources to nurture their own organisation and to what extent Christianity is sinized. Through this case study, we see how an old tradition can be alive today and how the borrowing of discourse and practice between social-political organisations is common. Not only religious groups inspire government for its politics, but also government measures nurture religious groups' practices.

AbstractThe study of political religion has focused on how religious structure and substance came to permeate grand political ideologies such as fascism and communism. The relevance of various relatively veiled forms of religion in modern day-to-day democratic politics has been undervalued and we therefore fail to appreciate to what extent, and how religious structure and substance have also penetrated conventional democratic politics. As a result, we do not comprehend that it is the progressive abolition of "quasi-messianism" in politics that is currently causing the existential problem of democracy, namely massive political disaffection. Quasi-messianism concerned the visionary anticipation of a better world that is attainable, here and in the distant, yet foreseeable future. This promise accorded politics an enchanting quality. Quite down-to-earth political ventures got charged with an inspiring and imaginative sense of purpose, direction, and meaning, but equally with this-worldly catalysts, which, in contrast to the political-religious grand utopias, were operational and practical. In this quality, some mass political projects or elite missions developed a capacity to enchant the political elite and the public alike. Hence the thesis that it is the disenchantment of politics, which lies at the heart of the contemporary phenomenon of waning political allegiance.

Bloch and Benjamin as secular mysticsRecapitulation: Tensions of messianism and the ways through them; Finale: Penultimately; Notes; Chapter 5 The Void of Utopia and the Violence of the System: Bloch contra Adorno; Notes; Conclusion: Drawing the Utopian Line; Bibliography; Index.

In this text Professor Kurt Schubert outlines the messianic trends of Judaism in the modern period, looking at writers such as Salomon Molcho and Schabbtai Zvi. ; In diesem Text skizziert Professor Kurt Schubert messianische Strömungen des Judentums in der Neuzeit. Behandelt werden etwa Salomon Molcho und Schabbtai Zvi.

International audience ; During the end of the Middle Ages, while modern State was growing, kings spread political propaganda to support the increasing of their power and their wars against other countries. For Catalan-Aragonese monarchy, heiress of Frederik II, prophecy was a good mean of fighting against papacy and Angevins for the supremacy in Southern Italy. The religious dissidence of the kings of Aragon induced them to receive many spiritual Franciscans persecuted under John XXII and to create some insular utopias based on poverty in their own kingdoms. These friars were fond of joachite theories announcing that the end of the world was soon arriving. They believed on an emperor who would found universal monarchy with a peaceful millenium, after having annihilated decadent clerics, beaten Muslims and conquered Jerusalem. This kind of Antichrist or exterminator angel was personified in the king of Aragon, who took paradoxically advantage of the apocalyptic metaphors of the winged dragon, the bat, the eagle, the fire or the smoke. These negative images were used in Catalonia to affirm a primitive national identity, fighting behind the royal dynasty.