Negative DialecticsThis is the first British paperback edition of this modern classic written by one of the towering intellectual of the twentieth century. Theodor Adorno (1903-69) was a leading member of the Frankfurt School. His books include The Jargon of Authenticity, Dialectic of Enlightenment (with Max Horkheimer), and Aesthetic Theory |
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absolute abstract according Antinomy antithesis autarky becomes being-in-itself bourgeois causality claim cognition conceived concept concrete consciousness contradiction critical critique Dasein definition delusion denied difference doctrine element empirical entity epistemology essence existence existential Existenz experience expression fact formal freedom Hegel Hegelian Heidegger Heidegger's heteronomous human Husserl hypostasis hypostatized Ibid idea idealism idealistic identity ideology immanent immediacy impulse individual insight intelligible character irrationality judgment Kant Kant’s Kantian Kritik language logic Marx means mediation metaphysics mind moral nature negation negative dialectics nonconceptual nonidentity ontical ontological particular phenomenology philosophy philosophy of history popular spirits positive positivistic possible practical reason primacy principle production Pure Reason rational reality realm reflection reification remains repression scientific self-preservation sense social society spell subject and object substance super-ego synthesis theoretical theory thesis things thinking thought totality traditional transcendence transcendental truth turn unfreedom unity universal untruth Vernunft word world spirit