La Scuola di Francoforte: La storia e i testi

by Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer

Dalla politica alla sociologia e alla psicoanalisi, dall'economia, all'arte e alla cultura di massa, questo gruppo di intellettuali attraversò i momenti che segnarono il pensiero e la storia del Novecento. In un intreccio di speranza e pessimismo, rigore e passione, la loro critica della società lancia un messaggio in bottiglia a un destinatario che un giorno forse lo raccoglierà.

412 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno was one of the most important philosophers and social critics in Germany after World War II. Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than his contemporary Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany. In the 1960s he was the most prominent challenger to both Sir Karl Popper's philosophy of science and Martin Heidegger's philosophy of existence. Jürgen Habermas, Germany's foremost social philosopher after 1970, was Adorno's student and assistant. The scope of Adorno's influence stems from the interdisciplinary character of his research and of the Frankfurt School to which he belonged. It also stems from the thoroughness with which he examined Western philosophical traditions, especially from Kant onward, and the radicalness to his critique of contemporary Western society. He was a seminal social philosopher and a leading member of the first generation of Critical Theory.

Unreliable translations hampered the initial reception of Adorno's published work in English speaking countries. Since the 1990s, however, better translations have appeared, along with newly translated lectures and other posthumous works that are still being published. These materials not only facilitate an emerging assessment of his work in epistemology and ethics but also strengthen an already advanced reception of his work in aesthetics and cultural theory.

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Introduzione di Donaggio densa e faticosa, non mancante di virtuosismi stilistici a mio parere inadatti allo scopo della raccolta. Si potrebbe trattare di un elogio (ben riuscito, per carità) allo stile di Adorno e Horkheimer in "Dialettica dell'Illuminismo", ma queste sono congetture mie. Ottima raccolta per i testi selezionati.