Thinking With Adorno - The Uncoercive Gaze

This book argues that the work of Theodor W. Adorno is best understood through the lens of his highly suggestive-yet often overlooked-concept of the "uncoercive gaze," an innovative way of relating to the object of one's analysis that interweaves critical intimacy and analytic vigilance.

List of contents

Introduction: The Art of Reading | 1

1. Adorno and the Uncoercive Gaze | 17

2. Buried Possibility: Adorno and Arendt on Tradition | 39

3. The Inheritance of the Constellation: Adorno and Hegel | 70

4. Judging by Refraining from Judgment: Adorno's Artwork and Its Einordnung | 95

5. The Literary Artwork between Word and Concept: Adorno and Agamben Reading Kafka | 115

6. The Artwork without Cardinal Direction: Notes on Orientation in Adorno | 131

7. False Life, Living On: Adorno with Derrida | 144

Conclusion: A Kind of Leave-Taking | 161

Acknowledgments | 167

Notes | 169

Index | 203

About the author

Gerhard Richter

Summary

This book argues that the work of Theodor W. Adorno is best understood through the lens of his highly suggestive—yet often overlooked—concept of the “uncoercive gaze,” an innovative way of relating to the object of one’s analysis that interweaves critical intimacy and analytic vigilance.

Product details

• Authors: Gerhard Richter
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780823284030
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-8403-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory; Idiom: Inventing Writing Theor; Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory; Idiom: Inventing Writing Theor
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies