Tom Huhn (School of Visual Arts), Lambert Zuidervaart (Professor of Philosophy, Institute for Christian Studies)
Theodor W. Adorno died in 1969 and his last major work, Asthetische Theorie, was published posthumously a year later. Few philosophers have been as well versed in contemporary art, especially music, as Adorno, and even fewer have written so much that is of interest to the social sciences. Yet only recently have his aesthetic writings begun to receive sustained attention in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays is an important contribution to the growing discussion of Adorno's aesthetics in Anglo-American scholarship.
The essays in the volume, by many of the...
Theodor W. Adorno died in 1969 and his last major work, Asthetische Theorie, was published posthumously a year later. Few philosophers have ...
Lambert Zuidervaart (Professor of Philosophy, Institute for Christian Studies)
This is the first book to offer readers a guide through the vast labyrinth of Theodor Adorno's Aesthetic Theory, putting the work into historical context and outlining the main ideas and the relevant debates it participated in or spawned.Lambert Zuidervaart is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College.
This is the first book to offer readers a guide through the vast labyrinth of Theodor Adorno's Aesthetic Theory, putting the work into historical c...
