| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 201 pages) |
| Contents |
I against I : stressing the dialectic in the dialectic of enlightenment -- Beyond the bounds of sense : Kant and the highest good -- Adorno's negative dialectic as a form of life : expression, suffering, and freedom -- Reflections on universal reason : Adorno, Hegel, and the wounds of spirit |
| Summary |
Ever since Kant and Hegel, the notion of autonomy-the idea that we are beholden to no law except one we impose upon ourselves-has been considered the truest philosophical expression of human freedom. But could our commitment to autonomy, as Theodor Adorno asked, be related to the extreme evils that we have witnessed in modernity? In Autonomy after Auschwitz, Martin Shuster explores this difficult question with astonishing theoretical acumen, examining the precise ways autonomy can lead us down a path of evil and how it might be prevented from doing so. Shuster uncovers dangers in the notion of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
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| SUBJECT |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 fast |
| Subject |
Autonomy (Philosophy)
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Philosophy, German.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Idealism.
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Autonomy (Philosophy)
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Philosophy, German
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226155517 |
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022615551X |
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1322047162 |
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9781322047164 |
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