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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

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 05/03/2019
      ISBN13: 9780823283835, 978-0823283835
      ISBN10: 0823283836
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      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

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