Forgetting souls: Lyotard, Adorno, and the Trope of the Jew

In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy...

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1. VerfasserIn: Chalfant, Eric (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage [2018]
In: Critical research on religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 54-68
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Lyotard, Jean-François 1924-1998 / Judentum / Bildersprache / Gegensatz / Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
BH Judentum
weitere Schlagwörter:B Theodor Adorno
B Jean Francois Lyotard
B Antisemitism
B Jewish Tropes
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy and theology, and modern and postmodern. In comparison, I posit Theodor Adorno's approach to tropes of Judaism as one which encompasses Lyotard's productive emphases on the role of forgetting in subject formation while loosening these same binaries.
ISSN:2050-3040
Enthält:Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732132