Walter Benjamin and the political messianism

Abstract

Walter Benjamin has not been considered one of the most popular philosophers. There are only mentions of his name in certain fields. In this article we try to bring back some short works that have a definite and important message for the present time: on the one hand, the need for a political messiah figure as an area of intersection between religion and politics and, on the other hand, this messiah’s attempts not to allow the poor to be forgotten as a basis for the interpretation of justice.