Dialectical myth of the Fall
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johan Trovik (Princeton University), Johan Andreas Trovik (0000-0002-9580-1411, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 180 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-71 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07255136231209545 |
| OpenAlex | W4389009850 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This article reinterprets the Dialectic of Enlightenment as a retelling of the Christian myth of the Fall. Through its account of the aporia, which Horkheimer and Adorno maintain stands at its core, the Dialectic of Enlightenment rearticulates the doctrine of original sin. The human condition is presented as tragic, and the source of this tragedy is inscribed into the very structure of human subjectivity. While the Dialectic of Enlightenment refuses to abandon hope, emancipation is reconceptualised on the model of redemption; a kind of fulfilment of human nature, which would at the same time be an escape from it. Horkheimer and Adorno dispense, however, with any transcendent source of grace. Instead, the activity of philosophy itself takes on redemptive quality
Aesthetics · Critical theory · Dialectic · Doctrine · Emancipation · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Inscribed figure · Mythology · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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