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Series: Philosophy & Critical Theory
Adorno and Existence — Peter E. Gordon
Peter Gordon examines Adorno’s sustained engagement with existentialism and phenomenology.
He follows Adorno’s criticisms of Kierkegaard, Husserl, and Heidegger across his career.
These encounters help explain how Adorno developed his own materialist philosophy.
The discussion includes his objections to authenticity and the idealization of inward subjectivity.
Gordon shows how criticism could coexist with a lasting intellectual bond to these traditions.
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Keywords
philosophy
existentialism
Adorno
Critical theory
Philosophy & Critical Theory