Left Accelerationism as a messianism: a dialogue between Left Accelerationism and the messianic turn to Saint Paul
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2023-07-13
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In this article, I argue that Left Accelerationism is better characterized as a messianism rather than as a form of accelerationism. First, I show that Left Accelerationism’s attempt to combine Deleuze and Marx results in an irreconcilable dualism between determinism and ahistorical voluntarism. Then, I develop several analogies between Left Accelerationism and the philosophical turn to Saint Paul’s letters. Both currents respond to a historical conjuncture that offers no alternative to capitalism and liberal democracy, and as such, they are both concerned with the possibility of an exception to the current world order. However, with the exception, both risk replacing dialectics with a dualist worldview, resulting in the messianic problem of the indefinite postponement —rather than acceleration— of the future.
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen