BOOKS by Theodor W. Adorno

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1	Negative dialectics more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist To the isolated, isolation seems an indubitable certainty; they are bewitched on pain of losing their existence, not to perceive how mediated their isolation is.' Theodor Adorno. Theodor Adorno was one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Negative Dialectics is his major and culminating work. In it he attempts to free ... see all copies from $18.96! new only from $26.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist A classic of twentieth century thought, this work is Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece. see all copies from $8.83! new only from $8.83! \| SVS
3	Dialectic of enlightenment more books like this by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno add to wishlist An influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Various analyses in the book concern such phenomena as the detachment of science from practical life, the manipulative nature of entertainment culture, and a paranoid behavioural structure that marks the limits of enlightenment. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $19.12! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Authoritarian personality more books like this by Theodor W. Adorno add to wishlist Bringing together the findings of psychoanalysis and social science, this book grew out of an urgent commitment to study the origins of anti-Semitism in the aftermath of Hitler's Germany. First published in 1951, it was greeted as a monumental study blazing new trails in the investigation of prejudice. As offshoots of ethnocentrism, anti-semitism ... see all copies from $43.44! first editions \| SVS
5	In Search of Wagner more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Rodney Livingstone (Translator) add to wishlist Richard Wagner's works are among the most controversial in the history of European music -- because of their powerful aesthetic qualities and, in wider political terms, because of their eventual assimilation into the official culture of the Third Reich. This concise synoptic account by the most brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism subtly ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, J M Bernstein add to wishlist The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on ... see all copies from $9.71! new only from $15.79! \| SVS
7	Essays on Music more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Richard Leppert (Editor) add to wishlist Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. To this day, Adorno remains one of the most influential contributors to the development of qualitative musical sociology which, together with ... see all copies from $32.09! new only from $39.95! \| SVS
8	Notes to Literature, Volume 2 more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Professor Rolf Tiedemann (Editor), Shierry Weber Nicholsen (Translator) add to wishlist -- Susan Sontag see all copies from $18.95! new only from $28.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Aesthetics and Politics more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch add to wishlist Features the text in the great controversies over literature and art between thinkers who have become giants of 20th-century philosophy. see all copies from $8.16! new only from $8.16! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Aesthetic Theory more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist The new translation of this major work provides a clarifying lens through which the whole of Adorno's corpus is best viewed. see all copies from $13.86! new only from $25.27! \| first editions
11 view cover	Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, E. F. Jephcott (Translator) add to wishlist A reflection on everyday existence in the "sphere of consumption of late Capitalism," this work is Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $99.00!
12 view cover	Notes to Literature, Volume 1 more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Professor Lawrence D Kritzman (Editor), Professor Richard Wolin (Editor) add to wishlist -- Susan Sontag see all copies from $17.50! new only from $28.50! \| SVS
13	Negative Dialektik ; Jargon der Eigentlichkeit more books like this by Theodor W. Adorno add to wishlist see all copies from $26.42! new only from $31.01!
14 view cover	History and Freedom: Lectures 1964-1965 more books like this by Theodor W Adorno, Professor Rolf Tiedemann (Editor), Rodney Livingstone (Translator) add to wishlist Despite all of humanity's failures, futile efforts and wrong turnings in the past, Adorno did not let himself be persuaded that we are doomed to suffer a bleak future for ever. One of the factors that prevented him from identifying a definitive plan for the future course of history was his feelings of solidarity with the victims and losers. As for ... see all copies from $18.40! new only from $22.65! \| SVS
15 view cover	Prisms more books like this by Theodor W. Adorno add to wishlist The titular description, 'prisms,' suits Adorno - a major thinker of facets and angles and revolutions - and the collection itself is an ideal introduction to his work." see all copies from $6.96! new only from $19.16! \| first editions
16 view cover	Sound Figures more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Rodney Livingstone (Translator) add to wishlist Theodor Adorno is one of this century s most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics, and music. Throughout the essays in this book, all of which concern musical matters, he displays an astonishing range of cultural reference, demonstrating that music is invariably social, political, even ethical. Adorno s ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $17.67! \| SVS
17 view cover	Introduction to Sociology more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist This book, comprised of lectures given by Adorno towards the end of his life, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology. In these lectures we find a somewhat different Adorno from the author of the densely-wrought texts published in his lifetime. Here we can follow his thought in the process of ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $16.71! \| SVS
18 view cover	Hegel: Three Studies more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Shierry Weber Nicholsen (Translator) add to wishlist A brief masterwork in 20th-century philosophy provides both a major reinterpretation of Hegel and offers insight into the evolution of Adorno's critical theory. see all copies from $16.99! new only from $16.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Alban Berg, Master of the Smallest Link more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist Adorno's study of Alban Berg is a unique document. Itself now a part of music history, it is a personal account, by a pre-eminent philosopher and aesthetician, of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend and composition teacher. Shortly after Berg's death in 1935, Adorno contributed several analyses to the first Berg biography. Thirty ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $31.17! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940 more books like this by Walter Benjamin, Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (Editor), Gershom Gerhard Scholem (Editor) add to wishlist Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has also emerged as one of the most compelling thinkers of our time, his work assuming a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A "natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of the most captivating facets ... see all copies from $24.99! new only from $34.75! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Stars Down to Earth: And Other Essays on the Irrational Culture more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Stephen Crook (Editor) add to wishlist The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most enduring themes in this seminal collection, focussing ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Composing for the Films more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Hanns Eisler add to wishlist This classic account of the nature of film music aesthetics was first published in 1947. Its value comes from a unique combination of talents and experience enjoyed by the book's authors. Eisler's time at Hollywood gave him a particular insight on the technical questions which arise for composers when music is used in the production of films; ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $19.76! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas' Radio Addresses more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno add to wishlist Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the twentieth century s most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics, and music. This volume reveals another aspect of the work of this remarkable polymath, a pioneering analysis of the psychological underpinnings of what we now call the Radical Right and its use of the ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $15.21! \| SVS
24 view cover	German Sociology more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Uta Gerhardt (Editor), M Weber add to wishlist German sociology--indeed sociology as a discipline--belongs to modern times. This unusual anthology includes works by Theodor W. Adorno, Uta Gerhardt, Jnrgen Habermas, Max Horkheimer, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Georg Simmel, Roberto Michels, Max Weber, Hans Gerth, Hans Speier, Alfred Schutz, Alfred Weber, Karl Mannheim, Theodor Geiger, Ralf Dehrendorf, ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $21.56! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Edmund Jephcott (Translator) add to wishlist Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's works as a continuous and unified development that began with his childhood response to the marches ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.60! \| first editions

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