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The Stars Down to Earth - Couverture souple

Adorno, Theodor

 
9780415271004: The Stars Down to Earth
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0415271002 ISBN 13 : 9780415271004
Editeur : Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most enduring themes in this seminal collection, focusing on the irrational in mass culture - from astrology to new age cults, from anti-semitism to the power of neo-fascist propaganda. He points out that the modern state and market forces serve the interest of capital in its basic form. Stephan Crook's introduction grounds Adorno's arguments firmly in the present where extreme religious and political organizations are commonplace - so commonplace in fact that often we deem them unworthy of our attention. Half a century ago Theodore Adorno not only recognised the dangers, but proclaimed them loudly. We did not listen then. Maybe it is not too late to listen now.

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À propos de l'auteur

Theodor Adorno (1903 - 1969). German philosopher who was a leading member of the Frankfurt School. Adorno led an influential attack on the "culture industry" prevalent in contemporary capitalist society.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415271002
ISBN 13 
9780415271004
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
256
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