Adorno in America / David Jenemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenemann, David, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.

Germany.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor W. Adorno was one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and between 1938 and 1953 he lived in exile in the United States. In the first in-depth account of this period of Adorno's life, David Jenemann examines Adorno's confrontation with the burgeoning American "culture industry" and casts new light on Adorno's writings about the mass media. Contrary to the widely held belief-even among his defenders-that Adorno was disconnected from America and disdained its culture, Jenemann reveals that Adorno was an active and engag

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: DREAMS IN AMERICA; 1. THE MONSTER UNDER THE STONE: ADORNO AND THE RISE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH; 2. ADORNO IN SPONSOR-LAND: AUTHORITY ON THE RADIO; 3. BELOW THE SURFACE: FRANKFURT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD; 4. "IF THERE SHOULD BE A POSTERITY": HIGH MODERNISM, HOROSCOPES, AND HEROIC SALESMEN; CODA: THEODOR ADORNO, AMERICAN; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5419-0

OCLC:

476120169