TY - JOUR
A1 - Valenza, Pierluigi 
 
PY - 2017 
TI - THE PROPHET AT THE BORDERS OF COMMUNITY. A historical take and philosophical interpretations 
JO - Plemos 
SN - 9788899871789/2281-9517 
AB - The essay aims to argue that the way to live in the own community of ancient prophets, particularly in Jewish tradition, is instructive in the actual debate on the role of religions in the public life. Prophet can be conceived at the borders of community although he is completely involved in it, because of his wider view on its state and destiny due to the divine inspiration of his vocation and function. Such inspiration confers him a critical attitude toward the ordinary life of community and opening to normally excluded or marginalized human beings. The prophetic model is described through a view of his function in Jewish and non-Jewish ancient communities. In the third and fourth part of the essay Buber’s and Bloch’s partially divergent interpretations on ancient prophecy and its relation to apocalyptic are discussed. In a short conclusion, the potential totalitarianism of apocalyptic outlook and of its philosophy of history is argued through some remarks Ricoeur addresses to political and religious totalitarianism and finally the actuality of prophetic model is supported on the basis of its constitutive limitation.  
SE - 1/2017 
DA - 2017 
KW - Apocalyptic
KW - Relationship Religion-Politics
KW - Martin Buber
KW - Ernst Bloch
KW - apocalittica
KW - profezia
KW - rapporto religione-politica
KW - Prophecy   
UR - https://www.rivistapolemos.it/il-profeta-come-figura-di-confine-sguardo-storico-e-interpretazioni-filosofiche/?lang=en 
DO - 10.19280/P2017-1-003 
PB - Donzelli Editore
LA - it  
SP - 45 
EP - 67 
ER - 

@article{1019280/P20171003,
author = {Pierluigi Valenza},
title = {THE PROPHET AT THE BORDERS OF COMMUNITY. A historical take and philosophical interpretations},
publisher = {Donzelli Editore},
year = {2017},
ISBN = {9788899871789},
issn = {2281-9517},
abstract = {The essay aims to argue that the way to live in the own community of ancient prophets, particularly in Jewish tradition, is instructive in the actual debate on the role of religions in the public life. Prophet can be conceived at the borders of community although he is completely involved in it, because of his wider view on its state and destiny due to the divine inspiration of his vocation and function. Such inspiration confers him a critical attitude toward the ordinary life of community and opening to normally excluded or marginalized human beings. The prophetic model is described through a view of his function in Jewish and non-Jewish ancient communities. In the third and fourth part of the essay Buber’s and Bloch’s partially divergent interpretations on ancient prophecy and its relation to apocalyptic are discussed. In a short conclusion, the potential totalitarianism of apocalyptic outlook and of its philosophy of history is argued through some remarks Ricoeur addresses to political and religious totalitarianism and finally the actuality of prophetic model is supported on the basis of its constitutive limitation.}
journal = {Pólemos},
number = {1/2017},
doi = {10.19280/P2017-1-003},
URL = {https://www.rivistapolemos.it/il-profeta-come-figura-di-confine-sguardo-storico-e-interpretazioni-filosofiche/?lang=en},
keywords = {Apocalyptic; Relationship Religion-Politics; Martin Buber; Ernst Bloch; apocalittica; profezia; rapporto religione-politica; Prophecy.},
pages = {45-67},
language = {it}
}