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Theodor W. Adorno

Disciplines:
aesthetics
philosophy/social philosophy
philosophy/critical theory
philosophy of music

Summary

Same as Theodor Adorno (ID 43). German philosopher and musicologist who co-developed Frankfurt School critical theory and negative dialectics.

Core Contribution

See Theodor Adorno (ID 43).

Notable Works & Achievements

Dialectic of Enlightenment

Negative Dialectics

Aesthetic Theory

Historical Influences

G.W.F. Hegel Karl Marx Sigmund Freud Walter Benjamin

Intellectual Lineage

Hegelian Dialectics Marxism Freudian Psychology Weimar Culture

Contemporaries & Peers

Max Horkheimer Walter Benjamin Herbert Marcuse

Minds Influenced

Jürgen Habermas Axel Honneth

Intellectual Posterity

Negative Dialectics Critical Theory Culture Industry Critique

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