Handelman The Mathematical Imagination

On the Origins and Promise of Critical Theory
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8385-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

During the Weimar Republic, mathematics provided Gershom Scholem, Franz Rosenzweig, and Siegfried Kracauer – friends and forerunners of the Frankfurt School – with tools to navigate the crises of modernity. This study explores the histories of mathematics at the origin of critical theory and shows the enduring relevance of mathematics for critical thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Handelman, Matthew

Handelman

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Problem of Mathematics in Critical Theory, 1

1. The Trouble with Logical Positivism: Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno,
and the Origins of Critical Theory, 25

2. The Philosophy of Mathematics: Privation and Representation in
Gershom Scholem’s Negative Aesthetics, 65

3. Infinitesimal Calculus: Subjectivity, Motion, and Franz Rosenzweig’s Messianism, 104

4. Geometry: Projection and Space in Siegfried Kracauer’s Aesthetics of Theory, 145

Conclusion: Who’s Afraid of Mathematics? Critical Theory in the Digital Age, 187

Acknowledgments 201

Notes 205

Bibliography 245

Index 269

Über Autor(innen)

Handelman Matthew:
Matthew Handelman is Assistant Professor of German Studies at Michigan State University.Matthew Handelman is Assistant Professor of German Studies at Michigan State University.