On the concept of religion in Walter Benjamin's critical theory
| dc.contributor.advisor | Horowitz, Asher | |
| dc.creator | Kuhnle, Lee Christian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-21T16:22:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-21T16:22:46Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2012-12 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Social & Political Thought | |
| dc.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| dc.degree.name | PhD - Doctor of Philosophy | |
| dc.description.abstract | "In this dissertation I explore the concept of religion in the philosophy that underlies Walter Benjamin's critical theory. This analysis leads me to suggest two related conclusions: 1) contrary to secularist discourses, Benjamin regards the modern social as being religiously constituted and, 2) Benjamin develops a philosophy of experience, a ""phenomenology,"" in which the religious is an inalienable aspect of experience itself. In developing these two arguments, I challenge the assumption of much of the secondary literature on Benjamin, which maintains that while the religious characterizes aspects of his early works, it is replaced by a Marxian-materialist paradigm in his later writings. Contrary to this gloss, I suggest that Benjamin's writings represent an attempt to synthesize a religious and a Marxian-materialist paradigm." | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/32367 | |
| dc.rights | Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests. | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Religion | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Critical theory | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Walter Benjamin | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Phenomenology | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Marxism | |
| dc.title | On the concept of religion in Walter Benjamin's critical theory | |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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