The Mathematical Imagination : On the Origins and Promise of Critical Theory

• Tác giả: Matthew Handelman
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0823283859
• Thông tin xuất bản: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (256 pages).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 372127
• Chủ đề: 1. Critical theory; 2. Jewish philosophy; 3. Mathematics--Philosophy; 4. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies; 5. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology

Tóm tắt

During the Weimar Republic, mathematics provided Gershom Scholem, Franz Rosenzweig, and Siegfried Kracauer - friends and forerunners of the Frankfurt School - with tools to navigate the crises of modernity. This study explores the histories of mathematics at the origin of critical theory and shows the enduring relevance of mathematics for critical thought.