| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Contemporary thinkers reframed.
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Contemporary thinkers reframed series.
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| Contents |
Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: Atonal philosophy; Chapter 1. Negative dialectics; Chapter 2. Adorno's history of modernism; Chapter 3. Aesthetic theory; Chapter 4. Adorno today; Further reading; References. |
| Summary |
Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodore W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book draws on new translations into English to challenge this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world. Adorno Reframed is not only a comprehensive introduction to the reader coming to Adorno for the first time through detailed discussion of artworks, novels, films and music, but an important re-evaluation of thi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Modernism (Aesthetics) -- Sweden.
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Modernism (Aesthetics) |
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Sweden. |
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Postmodernism -- Sweden.
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Postmodernism. |
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Music -- Sweden -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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20th century |
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Art and philosophy.
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Art and philosophy. |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boucher, Geoff. Adorno Reframed : Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts. London : I.B. Tauris, ©2012 9781848859470 |
| ISBN |
9780857736956 (electronic book) |
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0857736957 (electronic book) |
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9780857724502 (electronic book) |
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0857724509 (electronic book) |
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1848859473 |
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9781848859470 |
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