The Frankfurt School on Religion : Key Writings by the Major Thinkers

In The Frankfurt School on Religion, Mendieta has brought together a selection of readings and essays which will make available the significant and much-needed, contribution of the thinkers of the Frankfurt School on the religion. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 I Ernst Bloch......Page 28 1 On the Original History of the Third Reich......Page 30 2 Not Hades, But Heaven on Earth......Page 50 3 Hunger, “Something in a Dream,” “God of Hope,” Thing-For-Us......Page 58 4 Marx and the End of Alienation......Page 62 II Erich Fromm......Page 68 5 The Dogma of Christ......Page 70 III Leo Löwenthal......Page 108 6 The Demonic......Page 110 IV Herbert Marcuse......Page 122 7 A Study on Authority......Page 124 V Theodor W. Adorno......Page 156 8 Reason and Sacrifice......Page 158 9 Reason and Revelation......Page 176 10 Meditations on Metaphysics......Page 184 VI Max Horkheimer......Page 220 11 Theism and Atheism......Page 222 12 The Jews and Europe......Page 234 13 Religion and Philosophy......Page 252 14 Observations on the Liberalization of Religion......Page 260 VII Walter Benjamin......Page 266 15 Capitalism as Religion......Page 268 16 Theologico-Political Fragment......Page 272 17 Theses on the Philosophy of History......Page 274 VIII Johann Baptist Metz......Page 284 18 Productive Noncontemporaneity......Page 286 19 Anamnestic Reason......Page 294 IX Jürgen Habermas......Page 300 20 Israel and Athens, or to Whom Does Anamnestic Reason Belong?......Page 302 21 Transcendence from Within, Transcendence in this World......Page 312 22 Faith and Knowledge......Page 336 23 On the Relation between the Secular Liberal State and Religion......Page 348 X Helmut Peukert......Page 358 24 Enlightenment and Theology as Unfinished Projects......Page 360 XI Edmund Arens......Page 380 25 Religion as Ritual, Communicative, and Critical Praxis......Page 382 Index......Page 410

in the Frankfurt School On Religion, Eduardo Mendieta Has Brought Together A Collection Of Readings And Essays Revealing Both The Deep Connections That The Frankfurt School Has Always Maintained With Religion As Well As The Significant Contribution That Its Work Has To Offer. Rather Than Being Unanimously Antagonistic Towards Religion As Has Been The Received Wisdom, This Collection Shows The Great Diversity Of Responses That Individual Thinkers Of The School Developed And The Seriousness And Sophistication With Which They Engaged The Core Religious Issues And Major Religious Traditions.

through A Careful Selection Of Writings From Eleven Prominent Theorists, Including Several New And Previously Untranslated Pieces From Leo Löwenthal, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, And Jürgen Habermas, This Volume Provides Much Needed Sources For Religious Leaders, Philosophers, And Social Theorists As They Grapple With The Nature And Functions Of Religion In The Contemporary Social, Political, And Economic Landscape.

the Frankfurt School On Religion Recovers The Religious Dimensions Of The Frankfurt School, For Too Long Sidelined Or Ignored, And Offers New Perspectives And Insights Necessary To The Development Of A Fuller And More Nuanced Critical Theory Of Society.

selections And Essays From: Ernst Bloch, Erich Fromm, Leo Löwenthal, Herbert Marcuse, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Johann Baptist Metz, Jürgen Habermas, Helmut Peukert, Edmund Arens.

In "The Frankfurt School on Religion," Eduardo Mendieta has brought together a collection of readings and essays revealing both the deep connections that the Frankfurt School has always maintained with religion as well as the significant contribution that its work has to offer. Rather than being unanimously antagonistic towards religion as has been the received wisdom, this collection shows the great diversity of responses that individual thinkers of the school developed and the seriousness and sophistication with which they engaged the core religious issues and major religious traditions. Through a careful selection of writings from eleven prominent theorists, including several new and previously untranslated pieces from Leo Lowenthal, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, and Jurgen Habermas, this volume provides much needed sources for religious leaders, philosophers, and social theorists as they grapple with the nature and functions of religion in the contemporary social, political, and economic landscape. "The Frankfurt School on Religion" recovers the religious dimensions of the Frankfurt School, for too long sidelined or ignored, and offers new perspectives and insights necessary to the development of a fuller and more nuanced critical theory of society. Selections and essays from: Ernst Bloch, Erich Fromm, Leo Lowenthal, Herbert Marcuse, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Johann Baptist Metz, Jurgen Habermas, Helmut Peukert, Edmund Arens Humanities Book Cover 1 Title 2 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 10 I Ernst Bloch 28 1 On the Original History of the Third Reich 30 2 Not Hades, But Heaven on Earth 50 3 Hunger, “Something in a Dream,” “God of Hope,” Thing-For-Us 58 4 Marx and the End of Alienation 62 II Erich Fromm 68 5 The Dogma of Christ 70 III Leo Löwenthal 108 6 The Demonic 110 IV Herbert Marcuse 122 7 A Study on Authority 124 V Theodor W. Adorno 156 8 Reason and Sacrifice 158 9 Reason and Revelation 176 10 Meditations on Metaphysics 184 VI Max Horkheimer 220 11 Theism and Atheism 222 12 The Jews and Europe 234 13 Religion and Philosophy 252 14 Observations on the Liberalization of Religion 260 VII Walter Benjamin 266 15 Capitalism as Religion 268 16 Theologico-Political Fragment 272 17 Theses on the Philosophy of History 274 VIII Johann Baptist Metz 284 18 Productive Noncontemporaneity 286 19 Anamnestic Reason 294 IX Jürgen Habermas 300 20 Israel and Athens, or to Whom Does Anamnestic Reason Belong? 302 21 Transcendence from Within, Transcendence in this World 312 22 Faith and Knowledge 336 23 On the Relation between the Secular Liberal State and Religion 348 X Helmut Peukert 358 24 Enlightenment and Theology as Unfinished Projects 360 XI Edmund Arens 380 25 Religion as Ritual, Communicative, and Critical Praxis 382 Index 410 Eduardo Medieta has brought together a selection of readings and essays which will make available the contribution of the thinkers of the Frankfurt School on the subject of religion This anthology provides the reader with an overview, as well as samplings, of the contributions that the Frankfurt School made to the study and critique of religion.