Adorno’s Positive Dialectic
Adorno’s Positive Dialectic by Yvonne Sherratt, published by Cambridge University Press on November 4, 2002, spans 270 pages and is presented in English. This book offers a radically new interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno, challenging the conventional view of his philosophy as primarily critical. Sherratt systematically traces a utopian thesis that permeates the major aspects of Adorno’s thought, situating his work within the frameworks of German Idealism, Marxism, and Freudian traditions.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of Adorno’s key works, exploring how his aesthetic, epistemological, psychological, historical, and sociological ideas interconnect to create a cohesive utopian image. This edition provides a comprehensive examination of Adorno’s contributions, inviting readers to reconsider the implications of his philosophy beyond the traditional critical lens.
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This book offers a radically new interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno. In contrast to the conventional view that Adorno’s is in essence a critical philosophy, Yvonne Sherratt systematically traces an utopian thesis that pervades all the major aspects of Adorno’s thought. She places Adorno’s work in the context of German Idealist and later Marxist and Freudian traditions, and then analyzes his key works to show how the aesthetic, epistemological, psychological, historical and sociological thought interconnect to form an utopian image.
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