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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Peter Eli (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press [2020]
Series:Franz Rosenzweig lecture series.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv18sqz23
Table of 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.