Adorno - Disenchantment and Ethics

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was the leading philosopher of the first generation of the Frankfurt School and is best known for his contributions to aesthetics and social theory. In this highly original contribution to the literature on Adorno, J.M. Bernstein offers the first attempt in any language to provide an account of the ethical theory latent in Adornos writings. This book will be widely acknowledged as the standard work on Adornos ethics and will interest professionals and students of philosophy, political theory, sociology, history of ideas, art history and music.

Table des matières

Introduction; 1. Wrong life cannot be lived rightly; 2. Disenchantment: the skepticism of enlightened reason; 3. The instrumentality of moral reason; 4. Mastered by nature: abstraction, independence, and the simple concept; 5. Interlude: three versions of modernity; 6. Disenchanting identity: the complex concept; 7. Toward an ethic of nonidentity; 8. After Auschwitz; 9. Ethical modernism.

Résumé

Theodor W. Adorno is best known for his contributions to aesthetics and social theory. In this highly original contribution to the literature on Adorno, J. M. Bernstein offers the first attempt in any language to provide an account of the ethical theory latent in Adorno's writings.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J. M. Bernstein, Bernstein J. M.
• Collaboration: Robert B. Pippin (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 23.07.2001
• EAN: 9780521003094
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00309-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 25 mm
• Poids: 640 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Thèmes: Modern European Philosophy (Pa; Modern European Philosophy
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -