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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785123603321

Autore

Brittain Christopher Craig

Titolo

Adorno and theology [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher Craig Brittain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T&T Clark, 2010

ISBN

1-282-82154-7

9786612821547

0-567-54216-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Philosophy and theology

Disciplina

230.01

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Adorno and Theology?; 1 Materialism, Theology and the Dialectic of Enlightenment; 2 Actuality and Potentiality: On Kant and Metaphysics; 3 Social Science and Metaphysical Experience: Negative Dialectics as Crypto-Theology?; 4 Inverse Theology: Bilderverbot and the Illumination of Non-identity; 5 Politics, Liberation and the Messianic; 6 Religion and the Culture Industry: Spirituality, Rational Choice and the Theology of Correlation; 7 Hymns to the Silence; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), the German sociologist and philosopher was one of the intellectual leaders of the post-war Frankfurt School. This book presents and analyzes Adorno's writings on theology and religion in a clear and accessible manner. It is targeted at upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students, and will not presuppose any familiarity with Adorno. The book includes a general introduction to Adorno's thought, and examines his relationship with the work of Walter Benjamin and Jewish theology, his confrontation with scientific positivism (Karl Popper), and his crit