Forgetting souls: Lyotard, Adorno, and the Trope of the Jew

In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy...

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Main Author: Chalfant, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lyotard, Jean-François 1924-1998 / Judaism / Figurative language / Contrast / Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Theodor Adorno
B Jean Francois Lyotard
B Antisemitism
B Jewish Tropes
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Summary:In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy and theology, and modern and postmodern. In comparison, I posit Theodor Adorno's approach to tropes of Judaism as one which encompasses Lyotard's productive emphases on the role of forgetting in subject formation while loosening these same binaries.
ISSN:2050-3040
Contains:Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732132