Migrants in the profane : critical theory and the question of secularization / Peter E. Gordon.
Migrants in the profane : critical theory and the question of secularization / Peter E. Gordon.
Migrants in the profane : critical theory and the question of secularization / Peter E. Gordon.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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G 2021/0508
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English
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xii, 196 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Connecticut
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[2020]
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A beautifully written exploration of religion's role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory. Migrants in the Profane takes its title from an intriguing remark by Theodor W. Adorno, in which he summarized the meaning of Walter Benjamin's image of a celebrated mechanical chess-playing Turk and its hidden religiou...
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Migrants in the profane : critical theory and the question of secularization / Peter E. Gordon.
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Franz Rosenzweig Lecture series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2021/0508
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74VKaRZRZxmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRZRZxmZ
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0300250762
9780300250763
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211.6
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991024389464502626
