β Scribed by Theodor W. Adorno
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Prisms, essays in cultural criticism and society, is the work of a critic and scholar who has had a marked influence on contemporary American and German thought. It displays the unusual combination of intellectual depth, scope, and philosophical rigor that Adorno was able to bring to his subjects, whether he was writing about astrology columns in Los Angeles newspapers, the special problems of German academics immigrating to the United States during the Nazi years, or Hegel's influence on Marx.In these essays, Adorno explores a variety of topics, ranging from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Kafka's The Castle to Jazz, Bach, Schoenberg, Proust, Veblen's theory of conspicuous consumption, museums, Spengler, and more. His writing throughout is knowledgeable, witty, and at times archly opinionated, but revealing a sensitivity to the political, cultural, economic, and aesthetic connections that lie beneath the surfaces of everyday life.Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a student of philosophy, musicology, psychology, and sociology at Frankfurt where he later became Professor of Philosophy and Sociology and Co-Director of the Frankfurt School. During the war years he lived in Oxford, in New York, and in Los Angeles, continuing to produce numerous books on music, literature, and culture.Prisms is included in the series, Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.
Contents......Page 3
Series Foreword......Page 4
Foreword to the English Edition......Page 5
Translating the Untranslatable......Page 6
Cultural Criticism and Society......Page 9
The Sociology of Knowledge and Its Consciousness......Page 19
Spengler After the Decline......Page 27
Veblenβs Attack on Culture......Page 39
Aldous Huxley and Utopia......Page 51
Perennial Fashion β Jazz......Page 64
Bach Defended Against His Devotees......Page 71
Arnold Schoenberg 1874 1951......Page 78
ValΓ©ry Proust Museum......Page 92
The George-Hofmannsthal Correspondence, 1891 1906......Page 99
A Portrait of Walter Benjamin......Page 122
Notes on Kafka......Page 130
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