Theodor W. Adorno was a major twentieth-century philosopher and
social critic whose writings on oppositional culture in art, music,
and literature increasingly stand at the center of contemporary
intellectual debate. In this excellent collection, Robert
Hullot-Kentor, widely regarded as the most distinguished American
translator and commentator on Adorno, gathers together sixteen
essays he has written about the philosopher over the past twenty
years.
The opening essay, "Origin Is the Goal," pursues Adorno's thesis
of the dialectic of enlightenment to better understand the urgent
social and political situation of the United States. "Back to
Adorno" examines Adorno's idea that sacrifice is the primordial
form of human domination; "Second Salvage" reconstructs Adorno's
unfinished study of the transformation of music in radio
transmission; and "What Is Mechanical Reproduction" revisits
Adorno's criticism of Walter Benjamin. Further essays cover a broad
range of topics: Adorno's affinities with Wallace Stevens and
Nabokov, his complex relationship with Kierkegaard and
psychoanalysis, and his critical study of popular music.
Many of these essays have been revised, with new material added
that emphasizes the relevance of Adorno's thought to the United
States today. "Things Beyond Resemblance" is a timely and richly
analytical collection crucial to the study of critical theory,
aesthetics, continental philosophy, and Adorno.
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