Alex Thomson

Adorno: A Guide for the Perplexed (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most influential philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno poses a considerable challenge to students. His works can often seem obscure and impenetrable, particularly for those with little knowledge of the philosophical traditions on which he draws. Adorno: A Guide for the Perplexed is an engaging and accessible account of his thought that does not patronise or short-change the reader. Those new to Adorno - and those who have struggled to make headway with his work - will find this an invaluable resource: clearly written, comprehensive and specifically focused on just what makes Adorno difficult to read and understand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441181671
• Artikelnr.: 40779895

Autorenporträt

Alex Thomson is a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Against Authenticity
 Weimar Years
 In America
 Adorno's Cultural Criticism
 Return
 Aftermath
2. Art and Culture
 Adorno and Popular Music
 The Aesthetics of Music
 Modernism or avant-garde?
 History and Truth-Content
 The Culture Industry
 Aesthetic theory and ideology-critique
3. Freedom and Society
 Wrong Life: Adorno's Minima Moralia
 Adorno and Kant
 Freedom and Society
 Dialectic of Enlightenment
 The morality of thinking
 Living with Guilt
4. Philosophy and History
 Writing the Disaster
 Crisis of Reason
 Against Historicism
 The task of philosophy
 Adorno & Marxism
 Conclusion
Notes
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index