TY - BOOK AU - Adorno,Theodor W. AU - O'Connor,Brian TI - The Adorno reader SN - 9780631210764 AV - B3199 .A31 2000 U1 - 193 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, UK, Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell KW - Philosophy KW - Sociology KW - Criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Pt. I. The Task of Philosophy. 1. The Actuality of Philosophy. 2. Why Philosophy? 3. Negative Dialectics and the Possibility of Philosophy. 4. The Melancholy Science. 5. Meditations of Metaphysics: After Auschwitz -- Pt. II. The Concepts of Philosophy. 6. The Essay as Form. 7. Metacritique of Epistemology. 8. Subject and Object -- Pt. III. Sociology. 9. The Concept of Enlightenment. 10. Sociology and Empirical Research -- Pt. IV. Art, Culture and Society. 11. Cultural Criticism and Society. 12. Lyric Poetry and Society. 13. Culture Industry Reconsidered. 14. The Autonomy of Art -- Pt. V. Criticism. 15. The Perennial Fashion -- Jazz. 16. Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951. 17. Alienated Masterpiece: The Missa Solemnis; Sociology N2 - Summary: This text divides the work into five major sections: the task of philosophy, the concepts of philosophy, sociological writings, culture, and aesthetic criticism UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/adorno-reader/oclc/42397513&referer=brief_results ER -