PROGRAM

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1:30pm Introductory Remarks

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2:00-3:40pm Critical Theorists, Judaism, and Jewishness

Chair: Richard Wolin (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

 

Liliane Weissberg (University of Pennsylvania)

 "Adorno Takes Notes. Sociology and Critical Theory in the Nineteen Forties"

 

Asaf Angermann (University of Louisville)

 "Solidarity or Downfall: On the Necessity and Impossibility of Reading Adorno as a Jewish             Philosopher"

 

Jonathan Boyarin (Cornell University)

 "How Jewish is the Angel?"

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3:40-4:00pm Coffee Break

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4:00-5:40pm Critical Theory and Antisemitism

Chair: Susan Buck-Morss (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

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Jonathan Judaken (Washington University in St. Louis)

 "Critical Theory, White Christian Nationalism, and Authoritarianism: Beyond the Frankfurt School"

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Lars Rensmann (University of Passau)

 "Big Lies, Imagined Conspiracies: On the Frankfurt School and Antisemitism Today"

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Respondent: Seyla Benhabib (Columbia University)

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5:40-6:00pm  Coffee Break

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6:00-7:00pm Keynote Address

Chair: Jack Jacobs (John Jay College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Martin Jay (University of California-Berkeley)

 "Adorno and the Standpoint of Redemption"