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Beschreibung

Adorno's Gamble offers a startling reinterpretation of the evolution of Theodor W. Adorno's thought, usually seen as a mix of critical Marxism, Freudian psychoanalysis, aesthetic modernism, and Jewish tradition. Mikko Immanen argues for another, previously unacknowledged source of Adorno's thinking on instrumental reason, dialectic of enlightenment, and frailty of democracy: the intellectual underpinnings of Germany's "conservative revolutionary" movement of the 1920s.

In a dramatic reappraisal of the leading light of the Frankfurt School, Immanen follows Adorno's path of philosophical development from the late Weimar era through years in exile to the postwar period, establishing his debt to thinkers of radical conservative bent. In particular, he focuses on Adorno's enduring, and daring, effort to harness two of the most infamous works from this tradition-Oswald Spengler's Decline of the West and Ludwig Klages's The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul-and to repurpose their reactionary teachings for emancipatory ends.

Adorno's Gamble offers a startling reinterpretation of the evolution of Theodor W. Adorno's thought, usually seen as a mix of critical Marxism, Freudian psychoanalysis, aesthetic modernism, and Jewish tradition. Mikko Immanen argues for another, previously unacknowledged source of Adorno's thinking on instrumental reason, dialectic of enlightenment, and frailty of democracy: the intellectual underpinnings of Germany's "conservative revolutionary" movement of the 1920s.

In a dramatic reappraisal of the leading light of the Frankfurt School, Immanen follows Adorno's path of philosophical development from the late Weimar era through years in exile to the postwar period, establishing his debt to thinkers of radical conservative bent. In particular, he focuses on Adorno's enduring, and daring, effort to harness two of the most infamous works from this tradition-Oswald Spengler's Decline of the West and Ludwig Klages's The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul-and to repurpose their reactionary teachings for emancipatory ends.

Über den Autor

Mikko Immanen is Academy Research Fellow at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Toward a Concrete Philosophy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Repurposing Zivilisationskritik for Progressive Ends

Adorno's Klages Project

"Caesarism"

"Demystification of Antiquity"

Legacies of Adorno's Gamble

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781501779527
ISBN-10: 1501779524
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Immanen, Mikko
Hersteller: MNG University Presses
Cornell University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 228 x 149 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Mikko Immanen
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2025
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 131193952