In The Hotel Abyss: An Hegelian-marxist Critique Of Adorno
Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 60
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Haymarket Books
Published:27th Feb '15
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Theodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society. In the Hotel Abyss is a critical analysis of a selection of Adorno's work framed by four essential concerns: Adorno's method of analysis; the absence of a theory of social change; the relationship of his approach to the dialectics of Hegel and Marx; and Adorno's use of his approach with respect to jazz, popular music, radio and pro-fascist propaganda of the 1930s and '40s as an instrument to disparage the working class.
The agenda of Lanning in this work is to provide the conceptual evidence to substantiate Lukács’ implied accusation that exile in the US involved the abandonment on Adorno’s part of any authentic connection to the Marxist project of proletarian emancipation ... An invigorating and provocative read.”
Sean Ledwith, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
“The agenda of Lanning in this work is to provide the conceptual evidence to substantiate Lukács’ implied accusation that exile in the US involved the abandonment on Adorno’s part of any authentic connection to the Marxist project of proletarian emancipation ... An invigorating and provocative read.”
—Sean Ledwith, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
ISBN: 9781608464203
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 325g
226 pages