The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most endurin
The stars down to earth and other essays on the irrational in culture
โ Scribed by Crook, Stephen; Adorno, Theodor W
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Series
- Routledge classics
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: The stars down to Earth --
Theses against occultism --
Research project on anti-Semitism --
Anti-Semitism and Fascist propaganda.
โฆ Subjects
Culture. Authoritarianism. Astrology. Occultism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Multi-User.
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