1st Edition

Theodor Adorno

By Ross Wilson Copyright 2007
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

The range of Adorno's achievement, and the depth of his insights, is breathtaking and daunting. His work on literary, artistic, and musical forms, his devastating indictment of modern industrial society, and his profound grasp of Western culture from Homer to Hollywood have made him one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century thought. As one of the main philosophers of... Read more

Why Adorno?:  Key Ideas  1. Dialectic of Enlightenment  2. Fun  3. Life Does Not Live  4. Authentic Art  5. Truth  6. Redemption  7. Philosophy, Still.  After Adorno.  Further Reading.  Index

Biography

Ross Wilson is Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the faculty of English, Cambridge University. His research interests include the history and theory of literary criticism, philosophical aesthetics, British Romantic poetry and poetics, and eighteenth-century and Romantic theories of language.