Published: 2022-10-21

Aesthetics as Critical Theory: Theodor W. Adorno’s Philosophy of Art

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Section: Essays and Articles
https://doi.org/10.31261/SSP.2022.20.05

Abstract

In his article, Rafał Czekaj presents Theodor W. Adorno’s aesthetic theory as an example of critical theory in the sense given to this term by the Frankfurt School. Czekaj outlines the context of the development of Adorno’s philosophy of art, which consisted of the School representatives’ insights into and diagnoses of contemporary civilization and social structures. He also names those themes of Adorno’s philosophical work which determined the conclusions of his aesthetics, i.e., chiefly the idea of instrumental rationality presented in Dialectic of Enlightenment as well as the so-called identity thinking, both being mechanisms responsible for the oppressive state of reality.

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Czekaj, R. (2022). Aesthetics as Critical Theory: Theodor W. Adorno’s Philosophy of Art. Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne [Silesian Journal of Polish Studies], 20(2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSP.2022.20.05

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022)
Published: 2023-01-20


ISSN: 2084-0772
eISSN: 2353-0928

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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