In the hotel abyss : an Hegelian-Marxist critique of Adorno / by Robert Lanning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanning, Robert, 1948-

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences.

Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodology.

Dialectic.

Critical theory.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a critical analysis of a selection of Adorno’s work framed by four essential concerns: 1) Adorno’s method of analysis; 2) the absence of a theory of social change; 3) the relationship of his approach to the dialectics of Hegel and Marx, particularly, to others in and around the Frankfurt School (Benjamin, Kracauer, Marcuse), and in contrast to scholars such as Lukács and Bloch; and 4) Adorno’s use of his approach with respect to jazz, popular music, radio and pro-fascist propaganda of the 1930's and 40's as an instrument to disparage the working class. The argument is not an affirmation of Adorno’s work, but argues against the significance of aspects of his theoretical perspective.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Robert Lanning

Introduction / Robert Lanning

Hegel, Marx, Dialectics / Robert Lanning

Aspects of Adorno’s Method: Constellations and Images / Robert Lanning

Jazz, Radio and the Masses / Robert Lanning

The Masses and Pro-fascist Propaganda / Robert Lanning

Mediation / Robert Lanning

Negative Dialectic, Identity and Exchange / Robert Lanning

Conclusion / Robert Lanning

References / Robert Lanning

Index / Robert Lanning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-24899-4

OCLC:

861559342