Oliver and Levi, I am not a "Marxist" ideologue either, but I do read him as an important philosopher. But I am not sure what Oliver's comment was supposed to...
... I already assumed the former; and I agree on the latter. ... I seem to have a problem in clearly expressing myself. :-( My response was triggered by the...
"I find myself being more sympathetic with people dismissing a misunderstood Adorno for the right reasons, than with people upholding a misunderstood Adorno...
Ideology has got to be one of the most important topics in philosophy, as in social theory, but in the USA philosophers and social "scientists" tend to be so...
If this is not the proper list on which to discuss Adorno, let's find a place to do it. I don't know what people are doing with Adorno, but my guess is there...
Ralph, If you're interested in starting up an Adorno list, let me know. I'm not deeply familiar with Adorno's work, but his Lectures on Metaphysics, Negative...
For me, Negative Dialectics is the prime Adorno text, although his Introduction is still, after all of these decades, mostly opaque to me. Another thinker in...
... Had I used that terminology? It sounds like something I would say, but I cannot remember saying it. In any case, as far as Marx goes, a very accessible ...
There's another option. There is an established group for the discussion of critical theory. It is underutilized and remains silent for long periods of time,...
Prolongation of this discussion should be moved to the Hegel-Marx list, but I will respond briefly. Yes, this essay is a fantastic text, including passages you...
... I know virtually nothing about Adorno. But I do know enough about him to be interested in him. As there seem to be people around here who are not only...
... proper names were a counter example of recognition of the particular in language. I seem to recall that the phone went dead at that point from those who...
... [...] After giving it some more thought, I guess I also would be interested in such a discussion. The question is of course: what would be the point of...
... I haven't read much of Zizek. But from what I read I tend to agree. And yet, I find him also most vexing; what I read, left me torn between anger and...
Oliver, Yes, at first I found him amusing, but a tough read; then annoying and silly; then powerful and essential. Is this what an acquired taste is? If so, it...
... But if people would be ... -=-=-=-= I got that book yesterday along with ND. I'm also about half way through a little book by Alex Thomson, _Adorno: A...
If anyone would like to actually get a list going, I woluld suggest reading Negative Dialectics and Hegel: Three Studies. I have created a group list: ...
Hello, Already three. This may be a nice opportunity for members here to stretch their muscles a bit. Negative Dialectics. Introduction by next weekend, or ...
Thanks for your advice,but I have a problem: I don't find anywhere the works that you adviced me to read, except the two volumes work about hegel's aesthetics....
Has Hegel's idea of a Speculative Philosophy/Logic been appropriated, developed, analysed and or made more accessible by thinkers such as F. G. Asenjo. 1966....
Dear Group, The attached comments were written Jan 07, but I don't believe I ever sent them. If I did, I wish to re-send them, because I offer that they are...
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... For me, when Hegel tries to bring the finite together with the infinite; as in the transcending of limits of determinate being, he is refering to the truth...