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This book provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology.
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This book provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology.
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This book, comprised of lectures given by Adorno towards the end of his life, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology. In these lectures we find a somewhat different Adorno from the author of the densely-wrought texts published in his lifetime. Here we can follow his thought in the process of formation, endowed with the spontaneity and energy of the spoken word. These lectures were held at the time of the positivist dispute in German sociology, when Adorno was defending the position of the Frankfurt School against criticism from mainstream positivist sociologists. Adorno sets out a conception of sociology as a discipline going beyond the compilation and interpretation of empirical facts, its truth being inseparable from the essential structure of society itself. Sociology, therefore, is not seen as one academic field among others, but as an over-arching discipline impinging on all aspects of social life. Adorno covers topics ranging from the purpose of studying sociology to the place of sociology in relation to other sciences, as he traces the history of the discipline and emphasizes that the historical context is constitutive of sociology itself. This volume will be of great interest to scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociology and social theory, literature and literary theory, philosophy and cultural studies.
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This book, comprised of lectures given by Adorno towards the end of his life, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology. In these lectures we find a somewhat different Adorno from the author of the densely-wrought texts published in his lifetime. Here we can follow his thought in the process of formation, endowed with the spontaneity and energy of the spoken word. These lectures were held at the time of the 'positivist dispute' in German sociology, when Adorno was defending the position of the Frankfurt School against criticism from mainstream positivist sociologists. Adorno sets out a conception of sociology as a discipline going beyond the compilation and interpretation of empirical facts, its truth being inseparable from the essential structure of society itself. Sociology, therefore, is not seen as one academic field among others, but as an over-arching discipline impinging on all aspects of social life. Adorno covers topics ranging from the purpose of studying sociology to the place of sociology in relation to other sciences, as he traces the history of the discipline and emphasizes that the historical context is constitutive of sociology itself. This volume will be of great interest to scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociology and social theory, literature and literary theory, philosophy and cultural studies.
Author Biography
Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a prominent member of the Frankfurt School and one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century in the areas of social theory, philosophy and aesthetics.
Table of Contents
Seventeen Lectures. Editors Notes. Editors Afterword. Translator's Afterword. Index
Review
'It would be difficult to imagine a better entry point to "classical" critical theory.' European Journal of Social Theory
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This book, comprised of lectures given by Adorno towards the end of his life, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology. In these lectures we find a somewhat different Adorno from the author of the densely-wrought texts published in his lifetime. Here we can follow his thought in the process of formation, endowed with the spontaneity and energy of the spoken word. These lectures were held at the time of the positivist dispute in German sociology, when Adorno was defending the position of the Frankfurt School against criticism from mainstream positivist sociologists. Adorno sets out a conception of sociology as a discipline going beyond the compilation and interpretation of empirical facts, its truth being inseparable from the essential structure of society itself. Sociology, therefore, is not seen as one academic field among others, but as an over-arching discipline impinging on all aspects of social life. Adorno covers topics ranging from the purpose of studying sociology to the place of sociology in relation to other sciences, as he traces the history of the discipline and emphasizes that the historical context is constitutive of sociology itself. This volume will be of great interest to scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociology and social theory, literature and literary theory, philosophy and cultural studies.
Review Text
'It would be difficult to imagine a better entry point to "classical" critical theory.' European Journal of Social Theory
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It would be difficult to imagine a better entry point to "classical" critical theory.' European Journal of Social Theory
Feature
The first of an important new series of books of Adorno's unpublished works Available for the first time in English, and now in paperback An accessible introduction to Adorno's historical and conceptual engagement with sociology Lively and freely spoken, with comment on contemporary events
Details ISBN0745629717 Year 2002 ISBN-10 0745629717 ISBN-13 9780745629711 Format Paperback Imprint Polity Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German DEWEY 301 Author Theodor W. Adorno Birth 1903 Death 1969 Illustrations black & white illustrations Edition 1st Pages 208 Publication Date 2002-05-08 Language English UK Release Date 2002-05-08 AU Release Date 2002-05-08 NZ Release Date 2002-05-08 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Alternative 9780745615660 Audience Undergraduate We've got this
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