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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.||Walter Benjamin no es uno de los filósofos más populares. Solamente en algunos campos es en donde aparece referencia de su nombre. En este artículo intentamos rescatar unas pequeñas obrillas que retienen en su interior un mensaje determinante e importante para la actualidad: por un lado, la necesidad de la figura del mesías político como campo de intersección entre religión y política y, por otro lado, la labor que este mesías tiene de no permitir el olvido de los sin voz como clave de interpretación de la justicia.Palabras claves: Religión. Política. Mesianismo político. Historia.Memoria.Walter Benjaminand the political messianismAbstractWalter 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 fora 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.Keywords: Religion. Policy. Political messianism. History. Memory.
