Adorno Reframed: Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts

by Geoffrey Boucher

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world. Adorno Reframed is not only a comprehensive introduction to the reader coming to Adorno for the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848859473
• ISBN13: 9781848859470
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 6.8"