Feminist Interpretations of Theodor Adorno

Adorno is often left out of the "canon" of influences on contemporary feminist theory, but these essays show that his work can provide valuable material for feminist thinking about a wide range of issues. Theodor Adorno was a leading scholar of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, otherwise known as the Frankfurt School. With Max Horkheimer he contributed to the advance of critical theorizing about Enlightenment philosophy and modernity. Inflected by Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, Adorno's thinking defies easy categorization. Ranging across the disciplines of philosophy, musicology, and sociology, his work has had an impact in many fields. His

About the author

Renée J. Heberle is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toledo.

Summary

Addresses several questions, ranging from dilemmas in feminist aesthetic theory to the politics of suffering and democratic theory. This volume introduces feminists to Adorno's work and Adorno scholars to modes of feminist critique. It is useful for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in contemporary political, social, and cultural theory.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Apostolidis, Professor Mary Caputi, Rebecca Comay, Jennifer Eagan, Mary Ann Franks, Eva Geulen, Sora Han, Renee J. Heberle, Andrew Hewitt, Gillian Howie
• Assisted by: Renee Heberle (Editor), Renee J. Heberle (Editor), Renee J. (University of Toledo) Heberle (Editor)
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780271028804
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02880-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 157 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 486 g
• Illustrations: 2 Charts; 3 Halftones, black and white
• Series: Re-Reading the Canon; Re-Reading the Canon
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories