Without Model – Parva Aesthetica
Theodor W. Adorno, Wieland Hoban
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Product Details
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781803092188
- Published:
- 04 May 2023
- Publisher:
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Dimensions:
- 200 pages - 9 x 6mm
- Availability:
- Available
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Essays by Adorno on art and cinema, available in English for the first time. In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known. Taking the premise of the title as his guiding principle, that artistic and philosophical thought must eschew preconceptions and instead adapt itself to its time, circumstances, and object, Adorno presents a series of essays reflecting on culture at different levels, from the details of individual products to the social conditions of their production. He shows his more nostalgic side in the childhood reminiscences of ‘Amorbach’, but also his acute sociocultural analysis on the central topic of the culture industry. He criticizes attempts to maintain tradition in music and visual art, arguing against a restorative approach by stressing the modernity and individuality of historical works in the context of their time. In all of these essays, available for the first time in English, Adorno displays the remarkable thinking of one both steeped in tradition and dedicated to seeing beyond it.
1. Without Model 2. Amorbach 3. On Tradition 4. Scribbled at the Jeu de Paue 5. From Sils Maria 6. Non-Conciliatory Proposal 7. The Culture Industry: A Résumé 8. Obituary for an Organizer 9. Transparencies on Film 10. Chaplin Times Two 11. Theses on The Sociology of Art 12. Functionalism Today 13. Luccan Memorial 14. The Misused Baroque 15. Vienna, After Easter 1967 16. Art and the Arts
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–69) was the author of In Search of Wagner, Aesthetic Theory, and Negative Dialectics, among many other books. Wieland Hoban is a British composer who has translated several works from German, including Night Music, a collection of essays by Theodor W. Adorno.