The Institute located social-constitution causes in religion and culture, not law and labor
Evidence
The emphasis on the close connection between the neutralization of religion and culture and an anthropological transformation showed how close Adorno and Horkheimer were to Fromm, and how far they were from Neumann. In their view, the decisive elements (besides the mode of production) on which the constitution of contemporary society depended lay not in constitutional law or the organizations of the labour movement, but rather in religion and culture, and in transcending them correctly; and in the potential for rationality in the individual which depended on that transcendence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1137 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
In this chapter I try to trace some changes in the concept of the law in colonial Egypt that helped to make secularism thinkable as a practical proposition. I focus on some of the ways that legal institutions, ethics, and religious authority became transformed, my purpose being to identify the emergence of social spaces within which “secularism” could grow. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 991 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Institute members grounded society in religion and culture rather than law or labor organization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1137; Legal-institutional transformation created the social space for secularism. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 991
Related
- Institute members grounded society in religion and culture rather than law or labor organization (similarity 0.89)
- Legal-institutional transformation created the social space for secularism. (similarity 0.88)
Broader Connections
- Institute members grounded society in religion and culture rather than law or labor organization
#corroborates(0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1137 - Legal-institutional transformation created the social space for secularism.
#contradicts(0.95) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 991