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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; The Mathematical Imagination; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction: The Problem of Mathematics in Critical Theory; 1. The Trouble with Logical Positivism: Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, and the Origins of Critical Theory; 2. The Philosophy of Mathematics: Privation and Representation in Gershom Scholem's Negative Aesthetics; 3. Infinitesimal Calculus: Subjectivity, Motion, and Franz Rosenzweig's Messianism; 4. Geometry: Projection and Space in Siegfried Kracauer's Aesthetics of Theory; Conclusion: Who's Afraid of Mathematics? Critical Theory in the Digital Age; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019). |
| Subject |
Critical theory.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Jewish philosophy -- 20th century.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Critical theory. (OCoLC)fst00883690
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Jewish philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01730516
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01012213
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handelman, Matthew. Mathematical imagination. First edition. New York : Fordham University Press, 2019 0823283836 9780823283835 (OCoLC)1048934886 |
| ISBN |
9780823283859 (electronic book) |
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0823283852 (electronic book) |
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0823283836 |
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9780823283835 |
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