×


 x 

Shopping cart
Theodor W. Adorno - Metaphysics: Concept and Problems - 9780745629001 - V9780745629001
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Metaphysics: Concept and Problems

€ 25.92
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Metaphysics: Concept and Problems paperback. Makes Adornoa s lectures on metaphysics available for the first time to English--speaking readersExamines the history of metaphysics from modern to classical timesAn ideal introduction to the central preoccupations of Adornoa s difficult masterpiece, Negative Dialectics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
This volume makes available in English for the first time Adorno's lectures on metaphysics. It provides a unique introduction not only to metaphysics but also to Adorno's own intellectual standpoint, as developed in his major work Negative Dialectics.

Metaphysics for Adorno is defined by a central tension between concepts and immediate facts. Adorno traces this dualism back to Aristotle, whom he sees as the founder of metaphysics. In Aristotle it appears as an unresolved tension between form and matter. This basic split, in Adorno's interpretation, runs right through the history of metaphysics. Perhaps not surprisingly, Adorno finds this tension resolved ... Read more

Underlying this dualism is a further dichotomy, which Adorno sees as essential to metaphysics: while it dissolves belief in transcendental worlds by thought, at the same time it seeks to rescue belief in a reality beyond the empirical, again by thought. It is to this profound ambiguity, for Adorno, that the metaphysical tradition owes its greatness.

The major part of these lectures, given by Adorno late in his life, is devoted to a critical exposition of Aristotle's thought, focusing on its central ambiguities. In the last lectures, Adorno's attention switches to the question of the relevance of metaphysics today, particularly after the Holocaust. He finds in 'metaphysical experiences', which transcend rational discourse without lapsing into irrationalism, a last precarious refuge of the humane truth to which his own thought always aspired.

This volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in Adorno's work and will be a valuable text for students and scholars of philosophy and social theory.

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745629001
SKU
V9780745629001
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Theodor W. Adorno
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, literary criticism and aesthetics.

Reviews for Metaphysics: Concept and Problems
'This volume of lectures brings together Adorno's thoughts on metaphysics and culture in post-war Germany ... This translation is excellent and the footnotes provided by Rolf Tiedemann are exemplary.' Sociology

Goodreads reviews for Metaphysics: Concept and Problems


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!