Theodor W. Adorno [[electronic resource] ] : one last genius / / Detlev Claussen ; translated by Rodney Livingstone

• Autore: Claussen Detlev
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Disciplina: 193; B
• Soggetto topico: Philosophers - Germany; Philosophy, Modern - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LivingstoneRodney
• Note generali: Translated from the German.; Originally published as Theodor W. Adorno: Ein letztes Genie, (c) S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-418) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Instead of an overture : no heirs -- The house in Schöne Aussicht : a Frankfurt childhood around 1910 -- From Teddie Wiesengrund to Dr. Wiesengrund-Adorno -- Adorno as "non-identical" man -- Transitions -- Bertolt Brecht : "to those who come after us" -- Theodor W. Adorno : "out of the firing-line" -- Hanns Eisler, the non-identical brother -- Fritz Lang, the American friend -- Frankfurt transfer -- Adorno as "identical" man -- The palimpsest of life.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book gives us our first clear look at how the man and his moment met to create "critical theory." An intimate picture of the quintessential twentieth-century transatlantic intellectual, the book is also a window on the cultural ferment of Adorno's day-and its ongoing importance in our own.
• Titolo autorizzato: Theodor W. Adorno
• ISBN: 0-674-02959-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455124103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II