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Title
Theodor W. Adorno's philosophy, society, and aesthetics / Stefano Petrucciani.
ISBN
9783030719913 (electronic bk.)
303071991X (electronic bk.)
9783030719906 (print)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 167 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-71991-3 doi
Call Number
B3183.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
142
Summary
This book is a complete presentation of the most important themes of Theodor W. Adorno's critical theory, and of its relevance for the understanding of the modern society. After an Introduction, which traces Adorno's biographical and intellectual profile, the book is structured in three parts. The first is devoted to theoretical philosophy, and in particular to the concepts of philosophy, negative dialectics and metaphysics, and his aim is to clarify the Adornian understanding of such difficult concepts. The second is devoted to the main themes of Adorno's social theory: the concept of domination, the relationship with Marxism, the theory of the decay of the individual, the critique of mass manipulation. The third part is devoted to aesthetics and culture criticism, and entails a conclusion in which the author outlines a confrontation between the Adornian and the Habermasian critique of modernity.
Note
Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 29, 2021).
Series
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, 2524-7123
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030719906
1. Introduction
2. An Idea of Philosophy
3. What Is the Meaning of 'Negative Dialectics'?
4. Dialectics and Metaphysics
5. An Outdated Philosophy? Adorno's Social Critique
6. The Concept of Domination
7. Is Marx Obsolete?
8. The Decay of the Individual
9. The Role of the Media and the Manipulated Democracy
10. Aesthetic Theory and Critical Praxis
11. Adorno's Engagement with Cultural Criticism
12. Myth and Civilisation: Adorno's Reading of Goethe's Iphigenia
13. Adorno, Habermas, and the Self-Criticism of Modernity.