ARGONAUT BOOKS

This first volume brings together Adorno's lectures given between 1949 and 1968 on music, literature and the arts. It is a unique document of Adorno's startling ability to bring critical theory into dialogue with the times in which he lived. It will be of great value to anyone interested in the work of Adorno and critical theory, in German intellectual and cultural history and in the history of modern music and the arts. Reviews "These public lectures show how illuminating Adorno could be when engaging with the detail of works of art. What can seem rather abstract in his boo...Read More