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The Melancholy Science: An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adorno (Record no. 2057)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781781681527
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 193
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Personal name Rose, Gillian
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Title The Melancholy Science: An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adorno
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Verso Books;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 20 Dec 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 212 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "The Melancholy Science" is Gillian Rose s investigation into TheodorAdorno s work and legacy. Rose uncovers the unity discernableamong the many fragments of Adorno s oeuvre, and argues that hisinfluence has been to turn Marxism into a search for style. The attempts of Adorno, Lukacs and Benjamin to develop a Marxisttheory of culture centred on the concept of reification are contrasted, and the ways in which the concept of reification has come to bemisused are exposed. Adorno s continuation for his own time ofthe Marxist critique of philosophy is traced through his writings onHegel, Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger. His opposition to theseparation of philosophy and sociology is shown by examination ofhis critique of Durkheim and Weber, and of his contributions to thedispute over positivism, his critique of empirical social research andhis own empirical sociology. Gillian Rose shows Adorno s most important contribution to be hisfounding of a Marxist aesthetic that offers a sociology of culture, asdemonstrated in his essays on Kafka, Mann, Beckett, Brecht andSchonberg. Finally, Adorno s Melancholy Science is revealed tooffer a sociology of illusion that rivals both structural Marxism andphenomenological sociology as well as the subsequent work of theFrankfurt School."
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular philosophy
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Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Karachi Karachi Religion and Philosophy 02/08/2016 2 2 193 PKLC001954 07/03/2019 26/01/2019 02/08/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 SOLD - BOOK BAZAAR
  Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Religion and Philosophy 12/05/2016 1 1 193 PKLC011652 20/12/2019 20/12/2019 12/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17