Disciplines
Comparative Literature | Philosophy
Abstract
What Theodor W. Adorno says cannot be separated from how he says it, and what he thinks cannot be isolated from how he thinks it. Richter’s book teaches us to think with Adorno—both alongside him and in relation to his diverse contexts and constellations, from aesthetic theory to political critique, from the problem of judgment to the question of how to lead a right life within a wrong one.
Thinking with Adorno’s uncoercive gaze not only means following the fascinating paths of his own work; it also means extending hospitality to the ghostly voices of others. As this book shows, Adorno is best understood as a thinker in dialogue, whether with long-deceased predecessors in the German tradition such as Kant and Hegel, with writers such as Kafka, with contemporaries such as Benjamin and Arendt, or with philosophical voices that succeeded him, such as those of Derrida and Agamben.
Gerhard Richter is Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University.
Recommended Citation
Richter, Gerhard, "Thinking With Adorno [Table of Contents]" (2019). Philosophy & Theory. 14.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/philos/14
