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

• Autore: Brittain Christopher Craig
• Pubblicazione: London, : T&T Clark, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 230.01
• Soggetto topico: Philosophical theology
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Adorno and theology
• ISBN: 1-282-82154-7; 9786612821547; 0-567-54216-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785123603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophy and theology (London, England)