Jacob Taubes interprete della teologia politica di Benjamin

In his interpretation of Benjamin's thought, Taubes puts the accent on the fundamental link the theological sphere, active in the immanence of redemption and ransom, and the political sphere which gives rise to and direction for the praxis, for revolutionary action that lets itself be recognized as messianic action that is theologically motivated. He thus links Benjamin's philosophy of history to the "anarchical" and nihilistic vision that characterized in his opinion Paul of Tarsu's position. In the conclusive part, however, the essay attempts to show that the conception of nihilism developed by Benjamin is instead the positive conception of a political method entirely aimed at immanence in seeking happines for man whose trancience is reaffirmed thereby making his theological redemption possibl