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Adorno reframed : interpreting key thinkers for the arts / Geoffrey Boucher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boucher, Geoff, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
- Adorno, Theodor W.
- Art and philosophy.
- Modernism (Aesthetics)--Sweden.
- Modernism (Aesthetics).
- Music--Sweden--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Postmodernism--Sweden.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, U.K. ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodore W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book draws on new translations into English to challenge this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world.Adorno Reframed is not only a comprehensive introduction to the reader coming to Adorno for the first time through detailed discussion of artworks, novels, films and music, but an important re-evaluation of thi
- Contents:
- Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: Atonal philosophy; Chapter 1. Negative dialectics; Chapter 2. Adorno's history of modernism; Chapter 3. Aesthetic theory; Chapter 4. Adorno today; Further reading; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780755698714
- 0755698711
- 9780857736956
- 0857736957
- OCLC:
- 1063582326
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