| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages). |
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text file |
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PDF |
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nat Americans |
| Series |
The Franz Rosenzweig lecture series
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Franz Rosenzweig lecture series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Peregrina in Saeculo -- Benjamin; or, The Ambivalence of Secularization -- Horkheimer; or, The Longing for the Wholly Other -- Adorno; or, Negative Dialectics as Negative Theology -- Conclusion : Dialectics and Disenchantment. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Peter E. Gordon is the Amabel B. James Professor of History and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of several books in modern European philosophy and social theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Secularism -- Philosophy.
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Secularization (Theology) -- Philosophy.
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Religion and politics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious. |
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Religion and politics. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gordon, Peter Eli. Migrants in the profane. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 0300250762 (DLC) 2020933179 (OCoLC)1146592242 |
| ISBN |
9780300255591 electronic book |
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0300255594 electronic book |
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9780300250763 hardcover |
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0300250762 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
10.12987/9780300255591 |
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