Fenomenologia przemocy eschatologicznej w mesjanizmie Adama Mickiewicza
The Phenomenology of Eschatological Violence in the Messianism of Adam Mickiewicz

Summary/Abstract: This article considers the phenomenon of eschatological violence present in the messianic works of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. Eschatological violence is a conception according to which the eschaton can be created by means of war and violence. For Mickiewicz, alongside self-sacrifice and suffering, violence is one of the two forms of creation of the millenaristic kingdom of everlasting freedom and peace. Polish pilgrims are those who, after sanctification and purification, are destined to unleash the final war – as a result, all the demonic enemies of freedom revealed by Christ will die and there will be no more war.

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