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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2023
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Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Année: 2023, Volume: 9, Numéro: 2, Pages: 515-543 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Creature
B Law B Adorno B Kafka B Benjamin B Guilt |
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| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10077 |