Reading Adorno The Endless Road
“Khandizaji has put together a fine volume of essays on the legacy of Theodor W. Adorno. Including some of the best known students of his work, this anthology is provocative, unorthodox, and generates reflection about one of the great figures in the histo
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Edited by Amirhosein Khandizaji
Reading Adorno
Amirhosein Khandizaji Editor
Reading Adorno The Endless Road
Editor Amirhosein Khandizaji Berlin Journal of Critical Theory Berlin, Germany
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Preface
Four decades after Theodor Adorno’s death, his ideas are still used and discussed by scholars all around the world. Although Adorno’s theories mainly focus on modern Western countries and their issues, they are also used and even lauded in non-Western countries. While many people have criticized his theories, others developed them. Many young scholars who never saw the time in which Adorno lived enthusiastically support his arguments. Adorno’s ideas cover a wide range of topics and are not limited to the realms of philosophy and sociology. New economic, social, cultural, and especially political changes in Western countries in recent years again have brought Adorno’s theories to the center of attention. The emergence of new far-right politics and the embrace by growing numbers of people in some so-called democratic countries have shocked many intellectuals all around the world. Many scholars today have found similarities between new emerging types of nationalism and the target of Adorno’s criticism many decades ago. Besides, domination by new forms of the culture industry through new digital technologies and virtual realities has caused scholars to refer to Adorno to explain the situation they face today
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