[FRA:] theology/critical theory

[Philip Anthony O'Hanlon]

I agree with last lister about the influence of Jewishness and don't see why thological concerns have to be excluded from a critical theory of society.  Another often overlooked critical theory philosopher I think about in this regard is the late Gillian Rose - (Jewish then Anglican) a deeply spiritual thinker for whom theological concerns were quite central.  She reminds us that the separation of state and religion is itself a spiritual act.  That is what I read in "Mind the Gap", by Nigel Tubbs: http://the.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/60/1/42


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   1. Re: [Adorno-Hegel] Something about Kant from ND
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To say themes of redemption in later Adorno (and Horkheimer) are 'just a metaphor' is to be in some sort of intellectual denial. Certainly metaphor is there....but "just" a metaphor?

Not sure why? Recognizing the ironic "suffusion" of theology in a supposedly strictly post-metaphysical materialist critical philosophy only adds to the richness IMO. Your 'denial' also overlooks the exemplary Jewishness of so many extraordinary contributors to the critical-emancipatory project - Marx among others, of course. Let's face it, toward the end, Derrida went the same way ;-). Anyway, c'est la vie.
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