The Frankfurt School’s relationship to Judaism and Jewish thought has typically been considered accidental. Beyond the history of exile from and return to Frankfurt, and their scholarly efforts to understand the origins of anti-Semitism, no essential – or as they would say, “immanent” – correlation seems to exist between the project of Critical Theory and the Jewish background of its protagonists. In the Marxist tradition, moreover, Critical Theory is an objective, materialist undertaking, free of any theological, religious, spiritual influence or affiliation.
INTRODUCTION, CRITICAL THEORY AND JEWISH THOUGHT / Ombrosi, Orietta; Schwebel, Paula; Angermann, Asaf; BILEK ROBSON, Agata. - In: BAMIDBAR. - ISSN 2079-6943. - STAMPA. - 6 - 7:3.2 CRITICAL AFTERLIVES - 4.1 ANTINOMIAN FIGURES(2013), pp. 7-15.
INTRODUCTION, CRITICAL THEORY AND JEWISH THOUGHT
OMBROSI, Orietta
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2013
Abstract
The Frankfurt School’s relationship to Judaism and Jewish thought has typically been considered accidental. Beyond the history of exile from and return to Frankfurt, and their scholarly efforts to understand the origins of anti-Semitism, no essential – or as they would say, “immanent” – correlation seems to exist between the project of Critical Theory and the Jewish background of its protagonists. In the Marxist tradition, moreover, Critical Theory is an objective, materialist undertaking, free of any theological, religious, spiritual influence or affiliation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.