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Adorno reframed : interpreting key thinkers for the arts /

By: Series: Contemporary thinkers reframed series | Contemporary thinkers reframed seriesPublication details: London, U.K. ; I.B. Tauris, ©2013.Description: x, 163 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781848859470
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N 2430 ADO BOU
Contents:
Introduction: atonal philosophy -- Negative aspects -- Adorno's history of modernism -- Aesthetic theory -- Adorno today.
Summary: Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodore W. Adorno (1903-1969) is the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world.
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Book Limited Loan Book Limited Loan Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General B 3199 ADO BOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0012458
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Contains bibliographic references (p. 157-163) and index.

Introduction: atonal philosophy -- Negative aspects -- Adorno's history of modernism -- Aesthetic theory -- Adorno today.

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodore W. Adorno (1903-1969) is the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world.

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