Toward a Concrete Philosophy explores the reactions of Theodor
Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse to Martin Heidegger
prior to their dismissal of him once he turned to the Nazi party in
1933. Mikko Immanen provides a fascinating glimpse of the three
future giants of twentieth-century social criticism when they were
still looking for their philosophical voices. By reconstructing
their overlooked debates with Heidegger and Heideggerians, Immanen
argues that Adorno, Horkheimer, and Marcuse saw Heidegger's 1927
magnum opus, Being and Time, as a serious effort to make philosophy
relevant for life again and as the most provocative challenge to
their nascent materialist diagnoses of the discontents of European
modernity. Our knowledge of Adorno's "Frankfurt discussion" with
"Frankfurt Heideggerians" remains anecdotal, even though it led to
a proto-version of Dialectic of Enlightenment's idea of the
entwinement of myth and reason. Similarly, Horkheimer's enthusiasm
over Heidegger's legendary post–World War I lectures and
criticism of Being and Time have escaped attention almost entirely.
And Marcuse's intriguing debate with Heidegger over Hegel and the
origin of the problematic of "being and time" has remained
uncharted until now. Reading these debates as fruitful intellectual
encounters rather than hostile confrontations, Toward a Concrete
Philosophy offers scholars of critical theory a new,
thought-provoking perspective on the emergence of the Frankfurt
School as a rejoinder to Heidegger's philosophical revolution.
General
Imprint: |
Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Mikko Immanen
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
330 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-5237-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5017-5237-5 |
Barcode: |
9781501752377 |
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