Prisms / Theodor W. Adorno ; translated from the German by Samuel and Shierry Weber.

Publication | Library Call Number: HM101 .A4513 1981

Uniform Title: Prismen. English
Series: Studies in contemporary German social thought
Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1981, c1967
Language: English
Edition: 1st MIT Press ed

Physical Description: 272 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Introduction : translating the untranslatable / by Samuel M. Weber
Cultural criticism and society
The sociology of knowledge and its consciousness
Spengler after the decline
Veblen's attack on culture
Aldous Huxley and utopia
Perennial fashion : jazz
Bach defended against his devotees
Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951
Valéry Proust Museum
The George-Hofmannsthal correspondence, 1891-1906
A portrait of Walter Benjamin
Notes on Kafka.
ISBN: 026201064X
9780262010641
Notes: Translation of Prismen.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : translating the untranslatable / by Samuel M. Weber -- Cultural criticism and society -- The sociology of knowledge and its consciousness -- Spengler after the decline -- Veblen's attack on culture -- Aldous Huxley and utopia -- Perennial fashion : jazz -- Bach defended against his devotees -- Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951 -- Valéry Proust Museum -- The George-Hofmannsthal correspondence, 1891-1906 -- A portrait of Walter Benjamin -- Notes on Kafka.
Subjects: Culture.
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