{"product_id":"theodor-w-adorno-an-introduction-9780822344711","title":"Theodor W. Adorno: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Rolleston\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the twentieth century's most important thinkers. In light of two pivotal developments-the rise of fascism, which culminated in the Holocaust, and the standardization of popular culture as a commodity indispensable to contemporary capitalism-Adorno sought to evaluate and synthesize the essential insights of Western philosophy by revisiting the ethical and sociological arguments of his predecessors: Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Marx. This book, first published in Germany in 1996, provides a succinct introduction to Adorno's challenging and far-reaching thought. Gerhard Schweppenh�user, a leading authority on the Frankfurt School of critical theory, explains Adorno's epistemology, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, and theory of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter providing a brief overview of Adorno's life, Schweppenh�user turns to the theorist's core philosophical concepts, including post-Kantian critique, determinate negation, and the primacy of the object, as well as his view of the Enlightenment as a code for world domination, his diagnosis of modern mass culture as a program of social control, and his understanding of modernist aesthetics as a challenge to conceive an alternative politics. Along the way, Schweppenh�user illuminates the works widely considered Adorno's most important achievements: \u003ci\u003eMinima Moralia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Horkheimer), and \u003ci\u003eNegative Dialectics\u003c\/i\u003e. Adorno wrote much of the first two of these during his years in California (1938-49), where he lived near Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, whom he assisted with the musical aesthetics at the center of Mann's novel \u003ci\u003eDoctor Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585153450135,"sku":"9780822344711","price":2731.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780822344711.webp?v=1774959275","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/theodor-w-adorno-an-introduction-9780822344711","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}