An introduction to the work of Adorno, covering virtually all aspects of his thought but particularly the foundational concepts of epistemological, social, and political theory, translated from the German version that will go into its fourth edition this

Preface to the English Edition viiTranslator's Preface xi1. The Project of Renewing Childhood by Transforming One's Life 12. Critical Theory 113. Reason's Self-Criticism 18Defined Negation 20The Two Faces of Enlightenment 264. Rescuing What is Beyond Hope 34Philosophy from the Perspective of Redemption 34Primacy of the Object 385. The Totally Socialized Society 51The Concept of Society 52Liquidation of the Individual 58Critical Theory on Morality 686. The Goal of the Emancipated Society 777. The Powerless Utopia of Beauty 91The Destruction and Salvation of Art 93The Silence of Music 102The Transition from Art to Knowledge 109Theorizing Art and Culture in the Institute for Social Research 112Benjamin and Kracauer: Theorizing Mass Art 120Anarchistic and Bourgeois Romanticism: Adorno's Critique of Benjamin 125The Work of Art and the Concept of Truth 1288. The Failure of Culture 136The Radically Pathetic and Guilty Culture 137Enlightenment as Mass Deception 144Biographical Timeline 159Notes 163Bibliography 171Index 179