Migrants in the profane: critical theory and the question of secularization
A beautifully written exploration of religion's role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory.Migrants in the Profane takes its title from an intriguing remark by Theodor W. Adorno, in which he summarized the meaning of Walter Benjamin's image of a celeb...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2020]
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| Dans: | Année: 2020 |
| Collection/Revue: | Franz Rosenzweig Lecture series
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
/ Horkheimer, Max 1895-1973
/ Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
/ Religion
/ Normativité
/ Théorie critique
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions ZB Sociologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Secularism
Philosophy
B Secularization (Theology) Philosophy |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | A beautifully written exploration of religion's role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory.Migrants in the Profane takes its title from an intriguing remark by Theodor W. Adorno, in which he summarized the meaning of Walter Benjamin's image of a celebrated mechanical chess-playing Turk and its hidden religious animus: "Nothing of theological content will persist without being transformed; every content will have to put itself to the test of migrating in the realm of the secular, the profane." In this masterful book, Peter Gordon reflects on Adorno's statement and asks an urgent question: Can religion offer any normative resources for modern political life, or does the appeal to religious concepts stand in conflict with the idea of modern politics as a domain free from religion's influence? In answering this question, he explores the work of three of the Frankfurt School's most esteemed thinkers: Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, and Theodor W. Adorno. His illuminating analysis offers a highly original account of the intertwined histories of religion and secular modernity |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0300250762 |