{"product_id":"adornos-positive-dialectic-hardback-9780521813938","title":"Adorno's Positive Dialectic (Hardback) 9780521813938","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAdorno's Positive Dialectic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers an interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYvonne Sherratt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521813938, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 October 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Yvonne Sherratt's interpretation of Adorno's positive dialectic is provocative, lucid and original. By reconstructing hidden Freudian dimensions, she rescues Adorno's critique of enlightenment from poststructuralist pessimism. By insisting on an aesthetic way of knowing, she reclaims Adorno's utopian language from Habermasian neglect. And by reconciling these two poles in Adorno's dialectic, Yvonne Sherratt suggests a new relevance for Adorno's work.' Lambert Zuidervaart, Calvin College\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers an interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno. In contrast to the conventional view that Adorno's is in essence a critical philosophy, Yvonne Sherratt traces systematically a utopian thesis that pervades all the major aspects of Adorno's thought. She places Adorno's work in the context of German Idealist and later Marxist and Freudian traditions, and then analyses his key works to show how the aesthetic, epistemological, psychological, historical and sociological thought interconnect to form a utopian image. The book will be eagerly sought out by students and specialists in philosophy, social and political theory, intellectual history, literary theory and cultural studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e General introduction\u003cbr\u003e Prelude to Adorno's Intellectual Tradition: Prelude I: Adorno's intellectual tradition: German philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Prelude II: Adorno's intellectual tradition: Sigmund Freud\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Negative Thesis: The Decline of Enlightenment: 1. The decline of subjectivity: the instincts\u003cbr\u003e 2. The decline of subjectivity: narcissism\u003cbr\u003e 3. The decline of knowledge acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 4. Knowledge acquisition: a negative solution\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Positive Thesis: The Redemption of Enlightenment: 5. The aesthetic: aura\u003cbr\u003e 6. Knowledge acquisition: an aesthetic form\u003cbr\u003e 7. A positive dialectic of knowledge acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 8. A positive dialectic of subjectivity: the instincts\u003cbr\u003e 9. A positive dialectic of subjectivity: the structure of the self\u003cbr\u003e Concluding comments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: aesthetics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: aesthetics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20aesthetics%20%5BHPN%5D%22\"\u003eHPN\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265139626264,"sku":"9780521813938","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521813938i.jpg?v=1692019844","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/adornos-positive-dialectic-hardback-9780521813938","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}