Peter E. Gordon

Migrants in the Profane

Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of religion's role in secular, modern politics, written by a scholar of critical theory. This book 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 book, the author 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 analysis offers an original account of the intertwined histories of religion and secular modernity. --

Produktdetails

• The Franz Rosenzweig Lecture Series
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780300250763
• ISBN-10: 0300250762
• Artikelnr.: 59079243

Autorenporträt

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, including, most recently, Adorno and Existence.