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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Theodor W. Adorno"”.
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Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, . . . and C. S. Lewis? Two Revolutionary Philosophical, Moral, and Cultural Critiques
… Abolition of Man (1944) and Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944). Written during, and greatly influenced by, the horrors of WWII, both works attempt a theoretically rigorous and substantive account of the seemingly precarious state of affairs for humanity in …
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The 'Last Philosophy' Enquiring into the 'First': The Influence of Classical Thought on Theodor W. Adorno
Adorno discerned a modern quality in the classical tradition, and by incorporating this tradition into his writings he implied that there is still contemporary relevance in the classical works of the past. Classical philosophy and literature not only provided source material for his theories, but …
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The idea of mimesis: Semblance, play, and critique in the works of Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno
… it is the case that, for Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno, the concepts and language it employs, as well as the aesthetic comportment it would champion for the sake of generating a critical distance from these illusions, require an understanding of the mimetic faculty. The point of …
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Création théâtrale, inhumain et postmodernité.
… sa reflexion sur la postmodernite. Les ecrits de Theodor W. Adorno sont aussi examines pour etablir la valeur de l'art dans le contexte explicite ci-haut. Finalement, c'est au niveau du theatre de la cruaute d'Antonin Artaud que la problematique est reliee au theatre. Cette cruaute est l'une des …
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THE “PERPETUAL PRESENT” OF POLITICAL MODERNITY: ADORNO, ARENDT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE NEW
… M. Bernstein’s research, I turn to the work of Theodor W. Adorno and Hannah Arendt to explicate the structure of political modernity’s failure and to demonstrate that there is another possibility contained within the modern world. More specifically, I will demonstrate that the thought on …
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Philosophical Sundials: Adorno and the Lyric
… the theory of the lyric in the work of Theodor W. Adorno. The second entails an engagement with that theory through a collection of original lyric poems. The three case studies of the critical apparatus track how it is that Adorno’s conception of the lyric serves as a metonymic cipher …
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Adorno, Aesthetics, and Critical Theory Beyond Europe
… and sociological backdrop against which Theodor W. Adorno conceives of aesthetic theory in his late work, asking how such a theory may provide an opening for rethinking the role of critical theory beyond Europe. I begin by tracing Adorno’s thought back to the German Idealist tradition, …
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At the limit of the concept: logic and history in Hegel, Schelling, and Adorno
… levelled at Hegel by F. W. J. Schelling and Theodor W. Adorno. I argue that both their criticisms illuminate our understanding of the metaphysical status of Hegel’s thought and expose the surreptitious means by which Hegel overextends the concept. The value of Adorno’s and Schelling’s reading …
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The Ends of Utopian Thinking: Marx, Adorno, Bloch
… of Marx himself and culminates in the works of Theodor W. Adorno, specifically in his ‘Utopieverbot’ (prohibition of envisaging a utopian society). I argue that this Utopieverbot facilitated the disappearance of utopian thinking in Critical Theory, and furthermore, that it brought this system of …
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Stylizing, Commodifying, and Disciplining Real Bodies: An Examination of WWE Wrestling
… the theory of culture industry, developed by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, to understand WWE wrestling. I examine how the WWE thoroughly stylizes its products to attract fans and condition them to repeat the same calculable reactions. However, contemporary fans often refuse to react as …
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Transient Constellations: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Actuality of Idealism
This dissertation examines the thought of Theodor W. Adorno and Walter Benjamin in critical constellation with German Idealism, specifically G.W.F. Hegel and F.W.J. Schelling. I explore how Adorno and Benjamin deconstruct and refashion Idealist notions, while also providing the post-Idealist …
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The Dancer Walking The Ruins: Laura Riding and Dialectical Thought
… mode of thought. In this regard, the theories of Theodor W. Adorno prove invaluable. Adorno provides a unique lexicon of terms – ‘constitutive subjectivity’, ‘administered world’, ‘true object’ – with which to draw out Riding’s dialectical subtleties. Reading them alongside Adorno’s negatively …
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Kleine Formen : Adornos Kombinationen: Konstellation/Konfiguration, Montage und Essay
Die Philosophie Theodor W. Adornos sucht neue Formen der Darstellung. Untersucht wird die komplementäre Beziehung zwischen einer Philosophie, die kritische Theorie ist, und Formen der Darstellung, die sich durch den kritischen Impetus veränderten. Hier soll ein im Diskurs der Philosophie …
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An Adornoesque Ethics: The Problem of Damaged Life
… the reality of suffering individuals. I take up Adorno's response to this problematic and show that ethical reflection needs to be restored to the physical world of particulars in their damaged state. Philosophically, I press the need to reflect on ethical conditions and the values of our moral …
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The Economic Theories of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, 1923-1945
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research was established in 1923 originally as a German centre for Marxist economic research. Its odyssey traversed tumultuous historical periods, witnessing the downfall of the Weimar Republic, the rise of the Nazi regime, and beyond. The Frankfurt Institute …