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Theodor W. Adorno Adorno
In this text, Theodor Adorno, a foremost thinker of the Frankfurt school of critical theory, analyzes the sublime, the ugly and the beautiful, demonstrating that such concepts distil human experience.
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Theodor W Adorno was a towering intellectual of the twentieth century. This title includes some material from published assessments and responses to Adorno’s oeuvre. It includes an ‘Introduction to Adorno’…
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In this remarkable work written 50 years ago, Adorno showcases the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption.
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Gerhard Schweppenhauser
A translation of a succinct introduction to the challenging and far-reaching thought of Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the twentieth centurys most important thinkers.
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A new title in Routledge’s Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers series, this is a two-volume collection of the very best recent scholarship on Theodor W. Adorno (1903-69). It is an…
This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno’s finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno’s thoughts on culture.
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A prescient analysis of the sources of right-wing radicalism by one of the greatest social and political thinkers of our time –
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Peter Uwe Hohendahl
A leading figure in the Frankfurt School of philosophers from the 1930s through the time of his death in 1969, Adorno was the author of influential philosophical and sociological works…
Christa Mrowka
This book discusses how from their different backgrounds and on different levels, the German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist,Theodor W. Adorno, (1903-1969) and the Irish playwright, Brian Friel,(1929-2015) came to the…
In einem Brief nennt Adorno die Negative Dialektik kurz nach ihrem Erscheinen unter seinen Schriften das philosophische Hauptwerk, wenn ich so sagen darf . Dieser herausgehobenen Bedeutung, die das Werk…
Vincenzo Rosito
Minima moralia e un libro fondamentale per la ricostruzione del dibattito filosofico e culturale del Novecento. I suoi aforismi hanno alimentato appassionate discussioni nel mondo accademico, politico e sociale. Adorno…
In Aesthetic Theory, Theodor W. Adorno laid out the final aesthetics of modernity, which, at the same time, is a reflection on the societal conditions of art after Auschwitz. The…
Theodor W. Adorno, Wieland Hoban
Essays by Adorno on art and cinema, available in English for the first time.
In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known…
Delves into Theodor W. Adorno's lesser-known musical career and successful music criticism.
Theodor W. Adorno is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most prominent social theorists. Though best known…
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Stefano Petrucciani
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…
Andrew Bowie (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London)
Adorno was a German philosopher, and social and cultural theorist whose work is seen as increasingly relevant to understanding the pathologies of contemporary society. This book considers his life and…
Detlev Claussen
This book gives us our first clear look at how the man and his moment met to create critical theory. An intimate picture of the quintessential twentieth-century transatlantic intellectual, the…
This text on aesthetics includes major sections on: Art, Society, Aesthetics; the Categories of the Ugly, the Beautiful, the Technics; Natural Beauty; Coherence and Subject-Object; and Towards a Theory of…
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Martin Luther Thomas was an American demagogue of the Christian right who broadcast on American radio in the 1940s. During the same period, Adorno was living in the US and…
Presents a study of key musical works of the twentieth century. Here, the author brings a range of social and cultural questions to bear on the analysis of two composers…
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Theodor W Adorno
Die Textkritische Edition prasentiert rund 230 Typoskripte und Manuskripte, die Theodor W. Adornos letzten bekannten Arbeitsgang am III. Kapitel der Fragment gebliebenen >AEsthetischen Theorie
Adorno attempts here to make Kant’s thought comprehensible to students by focusing on what he regards as problematic aspects of Kant’s philosophy.
First published in German as Philosophische Elemente einer Theorie Der Gesellschaft, 1964.
Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried…
The major work and Adorno’s culminating achievement. Negative Dialectics is a critique of the philosophies of Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger, and a visionary elaboration of the author’s own vision of…
Beethoven is a classic study of the composer’s music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and…
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Comprising lectures given by Theodor Adorno towards the end of his life, this anthology provides an introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology.
This volume of Adorno’s lectures on the problems of moral philosophy is organized around an account of Kant’s moral theory, and introduces most of the central topics of Adorno’s far…
Makes Adorno’s lectures on moral philosophy available for the first time to English-speaking readers Gives students an accessible introduction to some of the topics discussed in Adorno’s more difficult work…
Makes Adornoa s lectures on metaphysics available for the first time to English–speaking readersExamines the history of metaphysics from modern to classical timesAn ideal introduction to the central preoccupations of…
This Book, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology.
This is a study of Beethoven’s music, written by an important thinker of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven’s…
This volume comprises one of the key lecture courses leading up to the publication in 1966 of Adorno’s major work, Negative Dialectics. These lectures focus on developing the concepts critical…
* These letters offer the reader a fascinating insight into the life of one the most important figures of twentieth-century intellectual life. * The letters touch upon issues of great…
* Adorno is one of the most important social thinkers and philosophers of the twentieth century. He was one of the leading figures of the Frankfurt School. * This is…
Adorno was fascinated by his dreams and wrote them down throughout his life. He envisaged publishing a collection of them although in the event no more than a few appeared…
Adorno’s study of Alban Berg is part of music history, a personal account, by a philosopher and aesthetician, of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend, and composition…
Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by the social philosopher and critic on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer…
Costa Jean Henrique
Este livro nasceu do intuito de sistematizacao de tres textos ja publicados, respectivamente, nos anos de 2012, 2013 e 2014, nas revistas Trilhas Filosoficas (UERN), Trans/Form/Acao (UNESP) e Turydes (EUMED)…
