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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821313703321

Autore

Mariotti Shannon L (Shannon Lee)

Titolo

Adorno and democracy : the American years / / Shannon L. Mariotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8131-6741-8

0-8131-6739-6

0-8131-6740-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Disciplina

320.092

Soggetti

Democracy - Philosophy

Democracy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Another Adorno -- Seeing the large-scale system: the pathologies of modern America and pseudo-democracy -- Experience as a precondition for meaningful democracy: sensory perception, affect, and materialism -- Critique and the practice of democracy: negative dialectics, autonomy, and compassion -- Democratic leadership: egalitarian guidance and a plan for empowering the people -- Democratic pedagogy: resistance and an alternative model for civic education -- Seeing small-scale resistance: turning countertendencies into vaccines to strengthen democratic practice -- Adorno and a postcapitalist politics.

Sommario/riassunto

German philosopher and social critic Theodor Adorno is regarded as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. Forced out of Nazi Germany because of his Jewish heritage, Adorno lived in exile in the US for nearly fifteen years. Shannon Mariotti explores how this extended visit prompted a concern for and commitment to democracy that shaped his work.