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Adorno: The Recovery of Experience

By Roger Foster

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0791472094, 9780791472095, 9781435611825
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1422356 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Pages
248\248
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
Социологические дисциплины;История социологии

Description

Although this book is not designed to be an introduction into Adorno's thought, it functions well as one due to its exceptional clarity in presenting such a complex and difficult thinker. While the work's most fundamental purpose is to display Adorno's thought vis a vis Wittgenstein, Husserl, Bergson, McDowell and others concerning the problem of disenchantment and the loss of experience, it also shows ways in which he remains salient for those occupied by such "postmodern" concerns as language, embodiment, and alterity. Most importantly, it draws attention to Adorno's cogent analysis of contemporary society as it suffers the effects of rationalization, secularization, and the decay of "spiritual experience." An important read I would recommend to anyone of a philosophical ilk.

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