Migrants in the Profane: Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization (Peter E. Gordon)
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Peter Gordon asks whether religious ideas can retain critical value in secular political life.
The book examines this question through Benjamin, Horkheimer, and Adorno.
Their work explores how theological concepts change as they enter a profane world.
Gordon considers the relationship between secularization, social criticism, and hopes for justice.
The inquiry asks which religious resources can survive transformation without retaining religious authority.
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