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Philosopher

Theodor W. Adorno

TAY-oh-dor uh-DOR-noh
Aesthetics

A German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist, among the leading figures of the Frankfurt School's first generation. With Max Horkheimer he co-authored Dialectic of Enlightenment, tracing how the Enlightenment's own instrumental rationality could curdle into new forms of domination, including fascism and standardized mass culture; his later Negative Dialectics argued against any philosophical system that resolves the particular fully into the concept that names it.

Facts
Birth Year
1903 2
Notable Publication
Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944/1947); Negative Dialectics (1966) 2
Death Year
1969 2
Tradition
Frankfurt School, Critical Theory 2
Classification
Nationality
Germany 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Frankfurt School 2
Theodor W. Adorno
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Dialectic of Enlightenment

Theodor W. Adorno
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Associated With

Frankfurt School, Schools of Philosophy
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

In Branch

Aesthetics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

In Tradition

Frankfurt School, Schools of Philosophy

Influenced By

Max Horkheimer, Philosophers
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Works Attributed

Dialectic of Enlightenment, Works
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Nationality

Germany

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Originated In

Germany

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Source Wikipedia: Theodor W. AdornoLead sentence 2tier 2
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Adorno (; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ aˈdɔʁno] ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic.
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1. Wikipedia: Theodor W. Adorno
Wikipedia
  • Lead, opening sentence
    Theodor W.
  • In Group: Marxist And Critical Theory Aesthetics, Lead
    He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter
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2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Information
  • s.v. Theodor W. Adorno
    Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than many of his contemporaries, such as Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany.
  • Associated With: Frankfurt School
  • In Branch: Aesthetics
  • Influenced By: Max Horkheimer
  • Works Attributed: Dialectic of Enlightenment
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Wikidata: Theodor W. Adorno
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