Description
Gillian Rose shows Adorno's most important contribution to be his founding of a Marxist aesthetic that offers a sociology of culture, as demonstrated in his essays on Kafka, Mann, Beckett, Brecht and Schoenberg. Finally, Adorno's 'Melancholy Science' is revealed to offer a 'sociology of illusion' that rivals both structural Marxism and phenomenological sociology as well as the subsequent work of the Frankfurt School.
"A fierce vigilance of thought." -Guardian
About the Author
Gillian Rose was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science, Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, The Broken Middle, Dialectic of Nihilism, Hegel Contra Sociology and Love's Work.
Reviews
If her mind could be characterised by a phrase it would be something along the lines of: a fierce vigilance of thought. -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781681527
Author Gillian Rose
Format Paperback
Page Count 286
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm