literature messianism What Happened When the Messiah Met Machiavelli September 20, 2016 Reubeni, Prince of the Jews, a surprisingly contemporary 1925 novel by Kafka’s close friend Max Brod, reminds us of the perils of elevating utopianism over the responsibilities of politics. Read the full essay at Mosaic. Share this:TwitterFacebookTumblrEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading... Related #Brod#Kafka#Langer#Machiavelli#messiah#Molcho#politics#Reuveni#Zionism Post navigation ← The Inklings Shmatte Business → About Michael View all posts by Michael → Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Basic HTML allowed.