The linguistic turn in critical theory has been routinely justified with the claim that Adorno's philosophy is trapped within the limits of consciousness philosophy. Yet Adorno's own philosophy of language has not yet been fully and systematically examined in its own right. Philip Hogh argues that it was in fact the linguistic turn in critical theory that prevented a thorough analysis of Adorno's philosophy of language. Here he reconstructs Adorno's philosophy of language and presents it as a coherent theory that demands to be understood as an important contribution to contemporary linguistic...

The linguistic turn in critical theory has been routinely justified with the claim that Adorno's philosophy is trapped within the limits of consciousness philosophy. Yet Adorno's own philosophy of language has not yet been fully and systematically examined in its own right. Philip Hogh argues that it was in fact the linguistic turn in critical theory that prevented a thorough analysis of Adorno's philosophy of language. Here he reconstructs Adorno's philosophy of language and presents it as a coherent theory that demands to be understood as an important contribution to contemporary linguistic...

Der Vorrang des Objekts ist im Werk Theodor W. Adornos ein philosophisches Leitmotiv, welches er von Beginn an und durch alle Gebiete hindurch stets von Neuem variiert. Adorno zeigt damit eine gegenüber der traditionellen Metaphysik veränderte Haltung des Subjekts zu den Objekten seiner Reflexion an, die nicht weniger sein will als die Reflexion auf den Stand der Philosophie seiner Zeit. Die Beiträge in diesem Band widmen sich nicht nur erkenntniskritischen Überlegungen, sondern auch den ästhetischen, sozialwissenschaftlichen oder anthropologischen Aspekten des Vorrangs des Objekts und...