Adorno's Concept of Life Contributor(s): Morgan, Alastair (Author) |
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ISBN: 082649613X ISBN-13: 9780826496133 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $227.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 Annotation: In this important and engaging new book, Alastair Morgan offers a detailed examination of the concept of life in Adorno's philosophy. He relates Adorno's thought in this context to a number of key thinkers in the history of Continental philosophy, including Marx, Hegel, Heidegger and Agamben, and provides an argument for the relevance and importance of Adorno's critical philosophy of life at the beginning of the 21st century. Crucially, Morgan offers a new framework for understanding the relation between concepts of life and a critical philosophy. The concept of life has previously received little attention in Adorno scholarship. However, the concept of life is a constant theme and problem running throughout Adorno's work. The idea that Adorno's philosophy is in need of or lacking in a fundamental ontology has been the subject of a great deal of critical attention, but this has rarely been examined through an analysis of the concept of life. Furthermore, philosophies of life have seen a resurgence in recent years (particularly with a renewed interest in Bergson's philosophy via the critical reception of Deleuze's philosophy). Adorno's Concept of Life is therefore a necessary and timely study that offers a distinctive interpretation of Adorno's philosophy. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism |
Dewey: 128.092 |
LCCN: 2007002250 |
Series: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: In this important and engaging new book, Alastair Morgan offers a detailed examination of the concept of life in Adorno's philosophy. He relates Adorno's thought in this context to a number of key thinkers in the history of Continental philosophy, including Marx, Hegel, Heidegger and Agamben, and provides an argument for the relevance and importance of Adorno's critical philosophy of life at the beginning of the twenty-first century. |