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Theodor W. Adorno - Andrew Bowie

Theodor W. Adorno

A Very Short Introduction

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Buch | Softcover
152 Seiten
2022
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-883386-4 (ISBN)
CHF 17,50 inkl. MwSt
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 work, from the philosophical tradition he worked from to his explorations of reason and social theory, and critical assessments of modern culture.
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T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to understanding the pathologies of contemporary society evident in today's climate emergency, the financial crash, the reappearance of fascism in many countries, and the growing instability of the world order.

This Very Short Introduction covers Adorno's work and life, explaining his key philosophical concepts and the philosophical background and historical context of Adorno's thinking. Andrew Bowie shows how Adorno's exploration of why human reason can have irrational consequences led him to rethink basic concepts like 'nature', 'history', and 'freedom', offering alternatives to many ways of thinking about these concepts in contemporary philosophy. The book also examines Adorno's social theory, as well as his highly critical assessments of jazz and modern culture, which he considered threatened by the effects of modern capitalism.

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Andrew Bowie is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London. He has published very widely on Philosophy, and musical and literary topics, including German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2010); Philosophical Variations: Music as Philosophical Language (2010); and Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy (2013).

1: Life and times
2: The modern subject
3: Nature and history
4: History and freedom
5: The culture industry
6: Society
7: Art and philosophy
8: Doing justice to things
References
Further reading
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Very Short Introductions
Zusatzinfo 10 black and white images
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 110 x 170 mm
Gewicht 122 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik / Ontologie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-19-883386-5 / 0198833865
ISBN-13 978-0-19-883386-4 / 9780198833864
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