{"product_id":"migrants-in-the-profane-critical-theory-and-the-question-of-secularization-9780300250763","title":"Migrants in the Profane: Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter E. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautifully written exploration of religion's role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory\"Rich in historical background, illuminating in its comparative perspective, yet focused on the question of secularization and the normative resources of modernity--a joy to read.\"--Maeve Cooke, University College Dublin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gordon writes with a controlled power, elegance, simplicity, and clarity that is a rare pleasure.\"--Max Pensky, Binghamton University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMigrants in the Profane \u003c\/em\u003etakes 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 religious animus: \"Nothing of theological content will persist without being transformed; every content will have to put itself to the test of migrating in the realm of the secular, the profane.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful book, Peter Gordon reflects on Adorno's statement and asks an urgent question: Can religion offer any normative resources for modern political life, or does the appeal to religious concepts stand in conflict with the idea of modern politics as a domain free from religion's influence? In answering this question, he explores the work of three of the Frankfurt School's most esteemed thinkers: Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, and Theodor W. Adorno. His illuminating analysis offers a highly original account of the intertwined histories of religion and secular modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47779968319639,"sku":"9780300250763","price":6734.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300250763.webp?v=1778041414","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/migrants-in-the-profane-critical-theory-and-the-question-of-secularization-9780300250763","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}