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Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal work of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, written during World War II and first published in Amsterdam in 1947. The authors aim to explain why humanity is regressing into a new form of barbarism instead of achieving a truly human state. The book connects historical developments, particularly the emergence of Western history and subjectivity from the struggle against nature, to contemporary threats. It comprises five seemingly unconnected chapters and several shorter notes, analyzing the detachment of science from practical life, formalized morality, the manipulative nature of entertainment culture, and the paranoid structures evident in aggressive anti-Semitism. The authors identify a common thread: the self-destructive tendencies within enlightenment thought. They argue that National Socialist terror is not an aberration but deeply rooted in Western civilization's characteristics. Adorno and Horkheimer explore the dialectic between the domination of nature and society, tracing enlightenment's split back to its mythical origins. They propose that enlightenment and myth are not opposites but interconnected aspects of human experience, encapsulated in the paradox that "myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology." This new translation includes textual variants, commentary, and an editorial discussion on the work's significance in the evolution of Critical T

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Dialectic of Enlightenment, Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno

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Titel
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Sprache
Englisch
Erscheinungsdatum
1972
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
258
ISBN10
0816492700
ISBN13
9780816492701
Reihe
Erstveröffentlichung
1944
Originaltitel
Dialektik der Aufklärung
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Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal work of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, written during World War II and first published in Amsterdam in 1947. The authors aim to explain why humanity is regressing into a new form of barbarism instead of achieving a truly human state. The book connects historical developments, particularly the emergence of Western history and subjectivity from the struggle against nature, to contemporary threats. It comprises five seemingly unconnected chapters and several shorter notes, analyzing the detachment of science from practical life, formalized morality, the manipulative nature of entertainment culture, and the paranoid structures evident in aggressive anti-Semitism. The authors identify a common thread: the self-destructive tendencies within enlightenment thought. They argue that National Socialist terror is not an aberration but deeply rooted in Western civilization's characteristics. Adorno and Horkheimer explore the dialectic between the domination of nature and society, tracing enlightenment's split back to its mythical origins. They propose that enlightenment and myth are not opposites but interconnected aspects of human experience, encapsulated in the paradox that "myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology." This new translation includes textual variants, commentary, and an editorial discussion on the work's significance in the evolution of Critical T