Theodor W. Adorno: an introduction

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...

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Main Author: Schweppenhäuser, Gerhard (Author)
Other Authors: Rolleston, James 1939- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham [NC] Duke University Press 2009
Series:Post-contemporary interventions
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xii, 182 p ill
ISBN:9780822390725
0822390728

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