Negative Dialectics (Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund)(Paperback)

Negative Dialectics (Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund)(Paperback)

The major work and Adorno's culminating achievement. Negative Dialectics is a critique of the philosophies of Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger, and a visionary elaboration of the author's own vision of

Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's works as a continuous and unified development that

Notes to Literature (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Notes to Literature is a collection of the great social theorist Theodor W. Adorno's essays on such writers as Mann, Bloch, H lderlin, Siegfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin, and Stefan George. It also includes his reflections on a variety of subjects, such as literary titles, the physical qualities

Towards a New Manifesto (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of 'critical theory', Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had resulted in fascism and totalitarianism. Towards a New Manifesto shows the two philosophers in a uniquely spirited and

Aesthetic Theory (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback / softback)

Dialectic of Enlightenment (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback / softback)

Essays on Music (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and-more than any other subject-music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of

Problems of Moral Philosophy (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the leading social thinkers of the twentieth century, long concerned himself with the problems of moral philosophy, or 'whether the good life is a genuine possibility in the present.' This book consists of a course of seventeen lectures given in May-July 1963

Night Music: Essays on Music 1928-1962 (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Although Theodor W. Adorno is best known for his association with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, he began his career as a composer and successful music critic. Night Music presents the first complete English translations of two collections of texts compiled by German philosopher and

Protokoly snů - Theodore W. Adorno

Záznamy snů německého filozofa, muzikologa, sociologa a estetika Theodora W. Adorna (1903-1969) jsou často bizarní, někdy dokonce komické, odhalují jeho surreálné i erotické představy, ale i motivy z rodinného prostředí. Své sny začal Theodor W. Adorno, jeden z

Aspekty nového pravicového radikalismu - Theodore W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno vystoupil v roce 1967 na Vídeňské univerzitě s přednáškou, v níž analyzoval cíle, prostředky a taktiky pravicového radikalismu a srovnával ho se starým nacismem a fašismem. Kladl si při tom otázku, proč extrémní pravicová hnutí nacházejí dvacet let po konci

The Stars Down to Earth (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most

Aesthetics (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

This volume of lectures on aesthetics, given by Adorno in the winter semester of 1958-9, formed the foundation for his later Aesthetic Theory, widely regarded as one of his greatest works. The lectures cover a wide range of topics, from an intense analysis of the work of Georg Luk cs to a

Correspondence, 1939 - 1969 (Adorno Theodor W.)(Pevná vazba)

At first glance, Theodor W. Adorno's critical social theory and Gershom Scholem's scholarship of Jewish mysticism could not seem farther removed from one another. To begin with, they also harbored a mutual hostility. But their first conversations in 1938 New York were the impetus for a profound

Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

'A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature.' --Susan Sontag A reflection on everyday existence in the 'sphere of consumption of late Capitalism', this work is Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece. Built from aphorisms and reflections, he shifts in register

Původ negativní dialektiky - Buck-Morssová Susan

'Kniha americké filosofky Susan Buck-Morssové sleduje formování teorie Theodora Adorna, klíčového představitele první generace tzv. frankfurtské školy. Přibližuje mimořádně komplikované Adornovy myšlenky čtivým způsobem, aniž by je zbavila jejich subtilnosti a komplexnosti

Schéma masové kultury - Theodore W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer

Adornova stať 'Schéma masové kultury' byla nalezena v autorově pozůstalosti a přestavuje volné pokračování kapitoly o kulturním průmyslu z Dialektiky osvícenství. Lze ji považovat za shrnutí Adornovy kritiky masové kultury. Čtenář v ní nalezne Adornovu diagnózu základních

The Authoritarian Personality (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

This hugely influential study on the psychology of authoritarianism was written in answer to Hitler's Germany--and now rings more relevant than ever as fascism and anti-Semitism sweep across America. What makes a fascist? Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far

Aesthetics and Politics (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

No other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from the 1930s to the 1950s. In Aesthetics and Politics the key texts of the great Marxist controversies over literature and art during these years are

In Search of Wagner (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray

Úvod do sociologie hudby - Theodore W. Adorno

Kniha vznikla ze série dvanácti přednášek přednesených roku 1961 na frankfurtské univerzitě a vysílaných také Severoněmeckým rozhlasem. Klade si za cíl uvést čtenáře nejen do hudební sociologie, ale i do sociologické koncepce frankfurtské školy. Autor se zde čtenářům,

Dialektika osvícenství - Theodore W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer

Tuto knihu sepsali v americké emigraci na konci války klasičtí autoři frankfurtské školy a kriticky se v ní vypořádávají s německým nacismem. Jejich analýza však daleko přesahuje tematiku nacismu a fašismu a je dodnes provokativním podnětem k hledání ekonomických,

Původ negativní dialektiky - Buck-Morssová Susan - e-kniha

eBook: Kniha americké filosofky Susan Buck-Morssové sleduje formování teorie Theodora Adorna, klíčového představitele první generace tzv. frankfurtské školy. Přibližuje mimořádně komplikované Adornovy myšlenky čtivým způsobem, aniž by je zbavila jejich subtilnosti a

Dialectics of Nature (Engels Frederick)(Paperback)

Dialectics of Nature is one of the classics of Marxist liturature. Engels, analysing the advances of science, demonstrates how dialectical materialism, the philosophy of Marxism, corresponds to the very way in which nature unfolds. The revolutionary advances of nineteenth century science, most