{"product_id":"critiques-of-theology-german-jewish-intellectuals-and-the-religious-sources-of-secular-thought-paperback","title":"Critiques of Theology: German-Jewish Intellectuals and the Religious Sources of Secular Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYotam Hotam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that the modern practice of critique emerged out of religious traditions and can in many ways be traced back to them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems hard to imagine a concept more significant to modern thought than critique. Critique involved distancing oneself from religious explanations and theological argumentation and came to represent the essence of secular consciousness's potential to deliver modernity's promise of human progress through rational inquiry and scientific development. \u003ci\u003eCritiques of Theology\u003c\/i\u003e debunks this common understanding. Based on a novel reading of previously less-discussed writings by Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and Hannah Arendt, the book shows how the practice of critique emerged out of religious traditions and can, in many ways, be traced back to them. This study points to a persistent misreading of critique and demonstrates that it does not come from outside of religion to build a new world of ideas; on the contrary, it redeploys those already present within its theological constellations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYotam Hotam \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eModern Gnosis and Zionism: The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor (with Philip Wexler) of \u003ci\u003eNew Social Foundations for Education: Education in 'Post Secular' Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481402990899,"sku":"9781438494388","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/fLJBUDZEbg9781438494388.webp?v=1783006116","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/critiques-of-theology-german-jewish-intellectuals-and-the-religious-sources-of-secular-thought-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}