Critical Theory, Jewishness, and Antisemitism

Recorded on April 11, 2024

PROGRAM

1:30pm Introductory Remarks

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

Chair: Francesca Bregoli (Queens College and 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?"

3:40-4:00pm Coffee Break

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

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

Jonathan Judaken (Washington University in St. Louis): "Critical Theory, White Christian Nationalism, and Authoritarianism: Beyond the Frankfurt School"

Lars Rensmann (University of Passau): "Big Lies, Imagined Conspiracies: On the Frankfurt School and Antisemitism Today"

Respondent: Seyla Benhabib (Columbia University)

5:40-6:00pm Coffee Break

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"