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Theodor W. Adorno : One Last Genius.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (465 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029590
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theodor W. AdornoDDC classification:
  • 193 B
LOC classification:
  • B3199
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- How to Read This Book -- 1. Instead of an Overture: No Heirs -- 2. The House in Schöne Aussicht: A Frankfurt Childhood around 1910 -- 3.. From Teddie Wiesengrund to Dr. Wiesengrund-Adorno -- 4. Adorno as "Non-identical" Man -- 5. Transitions -- Bertolt Brecht: "To Those Who Come after Us" -- Theodor W. Adorno: "Out of the Firing-Line" -- Hanns Eisler, the Non-identical Brother -- Fritz Lang, the American Friend -- 6. Frankfurt Transfer -- 7. Adorno as "Identical"Man -- 8. The Palimpsest of Life -- Appendix: Letters -- Theodor W. Adorno to Ernst Bloch, 26 July 1962 -- Max Horkheimer to Theodor W. Adorno, 27 September 1958 -- Theodor W. Adorno to Max Horkheimer, 14 February 1965 -- Theodor W. Adorno to Claus Behncke, 21 February 1964 -- Max Horkheimer to Otto O. Herz, 1 September 1969 -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: 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 book is also a window on the cultural ferment of Adorno's day--and its ongoing importance in our own.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- How to Read This Book -- 1. Instead of an Overture: No Heirs -- 2. The House in Schöne Aussicht: A Frankfurt Childhood around 1910 -- 3.. From Teddie Wiesengrund to Dr. Wiesengrund-Adorno -- 4. Adorno as "Non-identical" Man -- 5. Transitions -- Bertolt Brecht: "To Those Who Come after Us" -- Theodor W. Adorno: "Out of the Firing-Line" -- Hanns Eisler, the Non-identical Brother -- Fritz Lang, the American Friend -- 6. Frankfurt Transfer -- 7. Adorno as "Identical"Man -- 8. The Palimpsest of Life -- Appendix: Letters -- Theodor W. Adorno to Ernst Bloch, 26 July 1962 -- Max Horkheimer to Theodor W. Adorno, 27 September 1958 -- Theodor W. Adorno to Max Horkheimer, 14 February 1965 -- Theodor W. Adorno to Claus Behncke, 21 February 1964 -- Max Horkheimer to Otto O. Herz, 1 September 1969 -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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 book is also a window on the cultural ferment of Adorno's day--and its ongoing importance in our own.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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