Jonathan Max Agin
jagin.bsky.social
Jonathan Max Agin
@jagin.bsky.social
I wrote a review-essay on a new book about Menachem Mendel Schneerson aka the Rebbe and the uses of messianism.

jacobin.com/2024/12/jewi...
When Jewish Messianism Was Socialist
Today the Chabad-Lubavitch movement champions far-right religious zealotry under a messianic banner. But a century ago, left-wing Jewish thinkers like Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka understood messia...
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December 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Upskilling carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to upskill from one's enemies.
— Trotsky
January 23, 2024 at 6:19 PM