| The Migration of Metaphysics Into the Realm of the Profane: Theodor W. Adorno Reads Gershom Scholem Contributor(s): Martins, Ansgar (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004399054 ISBN-13: 9789004399051 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $165.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism |
| Physical Information: 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ansgar Martins's The Migration of Metaphysics into the Realm of the Profane is the first book-length study focusing on Adorno's idiosyncratic appropriation of Jewish mysticism in the light of his relationship to Gershom Scholem and their shared intellectual contexts. Rather than merely posit vague associative connections, as previous authors have often done, Martins's close reading of specific references in published and private texts alike allows him to highlight both commonalities and differences between Adorno's and Scholem's understanding of Kabbalistic tropes and the issue of metaphysics in the modern world, and to demonstrate the extent to which similarities resulted from mutual and/or third-party influences (especially Benjamin). Martins throws the specifics of their respective idiosyncratic appropriations of (Jewish) tradition into sharp relief. |