Overview
- Provides a new paradigm for understanding Adorno’s theory of artwork
- Provides an image of Adorno’s aesthetics as a complete, satisfying and consistent philosophy of literature
- Argues that Adorno's philosophy of literature shows its value precisely in its application to and comprehension of postmodern literature
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book re-examines Adorno’s aesthetics, developing a new literary approach that aims to unveil hidden elements of Adorno’s thought. Farina proposes to read Adorno’s aesthetics as a literary theory of art, showing its efficacy in its comprehension of the most advanced trends of contemporary literature. As a result, this book provides an image of Adorno’s aesthetics as a complete, satisfying and consistent philosophy of literature, a robust theory which is able to stand its ground in contemporary aesthetic debate. Challenging the prevalent prejudice that defines Adorno’s thought, and especially his aesthetics, as ‘modernist’, Farina argues that Adorno's philosophy of literature shows its value precisely in its application to and comprehension of postmodern literature, such as the works of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace. Precise and compelling, this book provides a new paradigm for understanding Adorno’s theory of artwork, serving as an essentialreference for researches investigating the relation between classical critical theory and contemporary art.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Mario Farina is Postdoc Fellow in history of philosophy at the University of Florence, Italy, and Adjunct Professor in Aesthetics at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy. His research interests include German philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of literature. He is the author of Critica, simbolo e storia. La determinazione hegeliana dell'estetica (Pisa, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adorno’s Aesthetics as a Literary Theory of Art
Authors: Mario Farina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45281-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45280-3Published: 24 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45283-4Published: 24 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45281-0Published: 23 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 237
Topics: Aesthetics, Critical Theory