A Precarious Happiness : Adorno and the Sources of Normativity Hardback
by Peter E. Gordon
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A strikingly original account of Theodor Adorno’s work as a critique animated by happiness. "Gordon’s confidently gripping and persistently subtle interpretation brings a new tone to the debate about Adorno’s negativism."—Jürgen Habermas Theodor Adorno is often portrayed as a totalizing negativist, a scowling contrarian who looked upon modern society with despair.
Peter E. Gordon thinks we have this wrong: if Adorno is uncompromising in his critique, it is because he sees in modernity an unfulfilled possibility of human flourishing.
In a damaged world, Gordon argues, all happiness is likewise damaged but not wholly absent.
Through a comprehensive rereading of Adorno’s work, A Precarious Happiness recovers Adorno’s commitment to traces of happiness—fragments of the good amid the bad.
Ultimately, Gordon argues that social criticism, while exposing falsehoods, must also cast a vision for an unrealized better world.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 4 line drawings
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:02/01/2024
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- ISBN:9780226828572
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 4 line drawings
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:02/01/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226828572