Adorno and Performance

Book Overview

Adorno and Performance offers the first comprehensive examination of the vital role of performance within the philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. Capacious in its ramifications for contemporary life, the term 'performance' here unlocks Adorno's dialectical thought process, which aimed at overcoming the stultifying uniformity of instrumental reason.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349491950
• ISBN13: 9781349491957
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"