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Theodor W. Adorno

Born

in Frankfurt, Germany

September 11, 1903

Died

August 06, 1969

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/adorno/

Genre

Philosophy, Social Sciences, Politics

Influences

Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edmund Husserl ...more

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Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno was one of the most important philosophers and social critics in Germany after World War II. Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than his contemporary Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany. In the 1960s he was the most prominent challenger to both Sir Karl Popper's philosophy of science and Martin Heidegger's philosophy of existence. Jürgen Habermas, Germany's foremost social philosopher after 1970, was Adorno's student and assistant. The scope of Adorno's influence stems from the interdisciplinary character of his research and of the Frankfurt School to which he belonged. It also stems from the thoroughness with which he examined ...more

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	The Culture Industry 4.04 avg rating — 5,570 ratings — published 1944 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life 4.24 avg rating — 4,377 ratings — published 1951 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aesthetic Theory by Theodor W. Adorno, Robert Hullot-Kentor (Translator, editor) 4.14 avg rating — 2,503 ratings — published 1970 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aesthetics and Politics by Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch 4.13 avg rating — 2,243 ratings — published 1977 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negative Dialectics 4.14 avg rating — 1,854 ratings — published 1966 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aspekte des neuen Rechtsradikalismus. Ein Vortrag 4.19 avg rating — 1,062 ratings — published 2019 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jargon of Authenticity 3.88 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1964 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy of New Music by Theodor W. Adorno, Robert Hullot-Kentor (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1949 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Authoritarian Personality by Theodor W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson 3.82 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1950 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stars Down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Culture by Theodor W. Adorno, Stephen Crook (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1975 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
― Theodor Adorno

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“The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass available.”
― Theodor W. Adorno

tags: humility, hypocrisy, self-awareness

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“Behind every work of art lies an uncommitted crime”
― Theodor Adorno

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