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The Jargon of Authenticity (Routledge Classics)
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Adorno's frank and open challenge to directness, and the avoidance of language that 'gives itself over either to the market, to balderdash, or to the predominating vulgarity', is as timely today as it ever has been.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #287950 in Books
- Published on: 2002-09-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 176 pages
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From the Back Cover
‘A volume of Adorno’s essays is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature.’ – Susan Sontag
Adorno was no stranger to controversy. In The Jargon of Authenticity he gave full expression to his hostility towards the language employed by certain existentialist thinkers such as Martin Heidegger. With his customary alertness to the uses and abuses of language, he calls into question the jargon which clouded existentialists’ thought. Adorno’s frank and open challenge to directness, and the avoidance of language that ‘gives itself over either to the market, to balderdash, or to the predominating vulgarity’, is as timely today as it ever has been. First published in English: 1973.
About the Author
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.
