"For those inclined to dismiss Adorno's take on America as the uncomprehending condescension of a mandarin elitist, David Jenemann's splendid new book will come as a rude awakening. Exploiting a wealth of new sources, he persuasively shows the depth of Adorno's engagement with the culture industry and the complexity of his reaction to it." --Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

The German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor W. Adorno was one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and between...

"For those inclined to dismiss Adorno's take on America as the uncomprehending condescension of a mandarin elitist, David Jenemann's splendid new book will come as a rude awakening. Exploiting a wealth of new sources, he persuasively shows the depth of Adorno's engagement with the culture industry and the complexity of his reaction to it." --Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

The German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor W. Adorno was one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and between...