Negative Dialectics, Vol. 1 » (Reprint)

Theodor Adorno was a member of the Frankfurt School.

This is the first British paperback edition of this modern classic written by one of the towering intellectual of the twentieth century.
Theodor Adorno (1903-69) was a leading member of the Frankfurt School. His books include The Jargon of Authenticity, Dialectic of Enlightenment (with Max Horkheimer), and Aesthetic Theory

Lecture 1 The Concept of Contradiction 1

Lecture 2 The Negation of Negation 12

Lecture 3 Whether Negative Dialectics is Possible 22

Lecture 4 Whether Philosophy is Possible without System 33

Lecture 5 Theory and Practice 44

Lecture 6 Being. Nothing. Concept 55

Lecture 7 'Attempted Breakouts' 65

Lecture 8 The Concept of Intellectual Experience 76

Lecture 9 The Element of Speculation 87

Lecture 10 Philosophy and 'Depth' 98

Lectures 11 to 25 Negative Dialectics 111

Additional Notes 178

App Towards a Theory of Intellectual Experience 183

Notes 211

Bibliographical Sources 260

Index 263