Forgetting souls: Lyotard, Adorno, and the Trope of the Jew
In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2018]
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Critical research on religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 54-68 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Lyotard, Jean-François 1924-1998
/ Judentum
/ Bildersprache
/ Gegensatz
/ Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus BH Judentum |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Theodor Adorno
B Jean Francois Lyotard B Antisemitism B Jewish Tropes |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy and theology, and modern and postmodern. In comparison, I posit Theodor Adorno's approach to tropes of Judaism as one which encompasses Lyotard's productive emphases on the role of forgetting in subject formation while loosening these same binaries. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732132 |
