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Theodor W. Adorno : an introduction / Gerhard Schweppenhauser ; translated by James Rolleston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schweppenhäuser, Gerhard.
- Series:
- Post-contemporary interventions.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Post-contemporary interventions
- Standardized Title:
- Theodor W. Adorno zur Einführung. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
- Adorno, Theodor W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A translation of a succinct introduction to the challenging and far-reaching thought of Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the twentieth century s most important thinkers.
- Contents:
- Preface to the English edition
- Translator's preface
- The project of renewing childhood by transforming one's life
- Critical theory
- Reason's self-criticism
- Defined negation
- The two faces of enlightenment
- Rescuing what is beyond hope
- Philosophy from the perspective of redemption
- Primacy of the object
- The totally socialized society
- The concept of society
- Liquidation of the individual
- Critical theory on morality
- The goal of the emancipated society
- The powerless utopia of beauty
- The destruction and salvation of art
- The silence of music
- The transition from art to knowledge
- Theorizing art and culture in the institute for social research
- Benjamin and kracauer: theorizing mass art
- Anarchistic and bourgeois romanticism: Adorno's critique of Benjamin
- The work of art and the concept of truth
- The failure of culture
- The radically pathetic and guilty culture
- Enlightenment as mass deception
- Biographical timeline.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612923722
- 9781282923720
- 1282923722
- 9780822390725
- 0822390728
- OCLC:
- 317321671
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