With the Eyes of an Artificial Angel: Benjamin and Adorno Reading Kafka

Adorno and Benjamin’s common intellectual project has been labeled, by Adorno, an Inverse Theology. This re-translation of theology into it’s metaphysical truth contents can be only fully comprehended by taking into account their position towards the work of art. In this article, I locate the place...

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Main Author: Graf, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 515-543
Further subjects:B Creature
B Law
B Adorno
B Kafka
B Benjamin
B Guilt
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Summary:Adorno and Benjamin’s common intellectual project has been labeled, by Adorno, an Inverse Theology. This re-translation of theology into it’s metaphysical truth contents can be only fully comprehended by taking into account their position towards the work of art. In this article, I locate the place where the categorical framework of “inverse theology” is displayed in a most complete manner in the discussion of Kafka’s prose and extrapolate the outline of an Inverse theology from Adorno and Benjamin’s readings of some of his most famous texts.
ISSN:2364-2807
Contains:Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10077