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Social Philosophy after Adorno

By Lambert Zuidervaart

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521870275, 9780521870276
LCC
B3199.A34 Z84 2007
Open Library ID
OL17872621M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1204880 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
232\233
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

This book examines what is living and what is dead in the social philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno, the most important philosopher and social critic in Germany after World War II. When he died in 1969, Adorno's successors abandoned his critical-utopian passions. Habermas, in particular, rejected or ignored Adorno's central insights on the negative effects of capitalism and new technologies upon nature and human life. In this book, Lambert Zuidervaart reclaims Adorno's insights from Habermasian neglect, while taking up legitimate Habermasian criticisms. He also addresses the prospects for radical and democratic transformations of an increasingly globalized world. The book proposes a provocative social philosophy “after Adorno.”

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