A companion to Adorno /

"This chapter is intended to provide the reader with a brief biographical overview of Adorno's life and thought, with an emphasis on the key turning points in his career. It discusses his childhood, his education in Frankfurt, his musical studies, his emigration first to Oxford and then to...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley Online Library (Online service)
Group Author: Gordon, Peter Eli; Hammer, Espen; Pensky, Max
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 71
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Online Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119146940
Summary: "This chapter is intended to provide the reader with a brief biographical overview of Adorno's life and thought, with an emphasis on the key turning points in his career. It discusses his childhood, his education in Frankfurt, his musical studies, his emigration first to Oxford and then to the United States, his return to Germany after World War Two, his tenure as professor at the Goethe Universita铏塼 Frankfurt and his prominence as a public intellectual, and his confrontation with students. Together with biographical details the chapter also offers a simple overview of Adorno's major concerns as a philosopher"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 660 pages).
Also available in print.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119146940 (electronic bk.)
9781119146919
Index Number: B3199
CLC: B516.59