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How to redeem a corrupted world: The aporia of negative theology in the thought of Theodor Adorno

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Philosophy & Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal

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Abstract

Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 688-716, June 2026.
In Minima Moralia, Adorno talks about a ‘messianic light’ which shines from beyond the corrupted world, offering the possibility of redemption from suffering. Theological statements like these have created significant controversy within the literature on ...