Adorno's Theory of Philosophical and Aesthetic Truth (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts)

By: Owen Hulatt

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Synopsis: In Adorno's Theory of Philosophical and Aesthetic Truth, Owen Hulatt undertakes an original reading of Theodor W. Adorno's epistemology and its material underpinnings, deepening our understanding of his theories of truth, art, and the nonidentical. Hulatt's novel interpretation casts Adorno's theory of philosophical and aesthetic truth as substantially unified, supporting the thinker's claim that both philosophy and art are capable of being true.For Adorno, truth is produced when rhetorical "texture" combines with cognitive "performance," leading to the breakdown of concepts that mediate the experience of the consciousness. Both philosophy and art manifest these features, although philosophy enacts these conceptual issues directly, while art does so obliquely. Hulatt builds a robust argument for Adorno's claim that concepts ineluctably misconstrue their objects. He also puts the still influential thinker into conversation with Hegel, Husserl, Frazer, Sohn-Rethel, Benjamin, Strawson, Dahlhaus, Habermas, and Caillois, among many others.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780231542203
Related ISBNs:: 9780231177245
Publisher:: Columbia University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/22/20
Copyrighted By:: Columbia University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy
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