Semblance of Subjectivity - Essays in Adorno''s Aesthetic Theory

The essays are organized around the twin themes of semblance and subjectivity. Whereas the concept of semblance, or illusion, points to Adorno's links with Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, the concept of subjectivity recalls his lifelong struggle with a philosophy ofconsciousness stemming from Kant, Hegel, and Lukacs.

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The essays are organized around the twin themes of semblance and subjectivity. Whereas the concept of semblance, or illusion, points to Adorno's links with Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, the concept of subjectivity recalls his lifelong struggle with a philosophy ofconsciousness stemming from Kant, Hegel, and Lukacs.

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• Authors: Tom Huhn, Tom (School of Visual Arts) Zuidervaart Huhn, Tom Zuidervaart Huhn
• Assisted by: Tom Huhn (Editor), Tom (School of Visual Arts) Huhn (Editor), Thomas McCarthy (Editor), Lambert Zuidervaart (Editor), Lambert (Professor of Philosophy Zuidervaart (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.1999
• EAN: 9780262581769
• ISBN: 978-0-262-58176-9
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought; Studies in Contemporary German; Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought; Studies in Contemporary German
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works