彌賽亞政治、懸置與時間的救贖：一個對阿甘本政治神學的探討

Messianic Politics, Suspension and the Redemption of the Time: An Investigation of Agamben's Political Theology

陳家富(Keith CHAN Ka-fu)

《漢語基督教學術論評》 31期 (2021/06) Pp. 191-211

摘要

本文將會指出，阿甘本的彌賽亞主義的核心在於一種懸置的操作，這操作的理念源自班雅明與施米特的政治神學論爭；這種懸置的激進政治性格在於它並不試圖摧毀和取代，而是以一種完成而使之失效的方式來消解其力量，阿甘本將指出，這個亦是保羅的彌賽亞文本的關鍵性概念；本文繼而以懸置的概念來解開阿甘本關於彌賽亞時間的問題，嘗試指出彌賽亞時間的真正意義在於把時間懸置下產生的「剩餘」時間，這種彌賽亞的剩餘時間的特色不僅有別於一般終末論式的將來形態，也區別於垂直的「永恆－時間」模式，而是將過去和現在加以重疊和扭轉，企圖挽回過去來進行救贖。

關鍵字

懸置 ； 失效 ； 彌賽亞 ； 例外

並列摘要

This paper aims at arguing that, firstly, the focus of Agamben's Pauline messianism is the operation of suspension which is inspired by ＂Benjamin-Schmitt＂ political-theological debate. The radicalness of this political suspension does not intend to destroy or replace, but brings it to the fulfillment and suspend its power and operation. Secondly, it will demonstrate the interpretative function of suspension / inoperation in the concept of Agamben's messianic time whose proper meaning is to produce ＂the time that remains,＂ in contract with the future-orientated eschatology and vertical dimension of ＂eternity-time＂ model. Thirdly, this understanding of the time is intended to transform the meaning of past and present, and brings the redemptive power in the past.

並列關鍵字

suspension ； inoperative ； messianic ； exception

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