Adorno

In search of a philosophy of praxis in Adorno's negative dialectics By Terje Steinulfsson Skjerdal, Centre for Cultural and Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1997 AbstractThis paper evaluates Theodor Adorno's work in light of Karl Marx's preference to expand ideology beyond the mere theoretical framework. Particular attention is paid to Adorno's "Dialectic of Enlightenment", which he authored with Max Horkheimer. The concepts of culture and modernity are most important in this matter. The …

…Polity Press. · Lenhardt, C. (1977). The wanderings of enlightenment. In J. O’Neill (Ed.), On critical theory (pp. 34–61). London: Heinemann. · Mészáros, I. (1989). The power of ideology. Hertfordshire: Harvester Wheatsheaf. · Patterson, T. (1975). Notes on the historical application of Marxist cultural theory. Science and Society, 39(3), 257–291. · Schmidt, A. (1983). History and structure: an essay on Hegelian-Marxist and structuralist theories of history. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press · Wiggershaus, R. (1994). The Frankfurt school: its history, theories, and political significance. MIT Press.