Chaim Seeligmann

Utopianism, Messianism and Secular Messianism

(Notes for the contribution)

What is Jewish Messianism? Its roots.
The hope of Redemption - the hope of renovation of the political life?

Tendencies of Eschatology? Pseudo-Messianism!
Messianic movement in the end of the Jewish middle age!

The movement of Shabbtai Tsvi-consequences for the Jewish life and
Judaism.
His mystical roots - Rabbi Isaak Luria (Safed)
The transformation to modern Judaism
Yakob Frank and his followers in Poland

Tendencies of Nihilism and anarchism
Anarchistic Theology

The rationalisation of the Messianism
The secular Messianism in the Zionist movement and in liberal Judaism
The political Messianism in Israel