Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was the leading figure of the
Frankfurt school of critical theory and a significant postwar
European philosopher. He authored more than twenty volumes,
including Negative Dialectics (1982), Kierkegaard (Minnesota,
1989), Dialectic of Enlightenment (1975) with Max Horkheimer, and
Aesthetic Theory (Minnesota, 1998).
Robert Hullot-Kentor has taught at Harvard and Stanford
universities and written widely on Adorno. He has translated
various works of Adorno, including Aesthetic Theory, and is the
author of Things beyond Resemblance: Collected Essays on Theodor W.
Adorno.
"A manifesto on how criticism could actively participate in and
clarify artistic concerns, immanently complicating solidarity
between theory and practice."—Platypus Review
"A surprisingly accessible entry point into understanding
Adorno the aesthete. Through a well-crafted and detailed
introduction, Hullot-Kentor allows us to glimpse Adorno at the time
of this writing—both enamored of and bothered by the works of
Schoenberg, repulsed by American culture, not yet hardened into the
diamond point of negative dialectics."—PopMatters
"With Hullot-Kentor's masterful translation, readers can now more
accurately debate the place of Philosophy of New Music within
today's cultural situation."—Cultural Critique
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