Richter Thinking with Adorno

The Uncoercive Gaze
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8405-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory

This book argues that the work of Theodor W. Adorno is best understood through the lens of his highly suggestive—yet often overlooked—concept of the “uncoercive gaze,” an innovative way of relating to the object of one’s analysis that interweaves critical intimacy and analytic vigilance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Gerhard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Art of Reading 1

1. Adorno and the Uncoercive Gaze 17

2. Buried Possibility: Adorno and Arendt on Tradition 39

3. The Inheritance of the Constellation: Adorno and Hegel 70

4. Judging by Refraining from Judgment: Adorno’s Artwork and Its Einordnung 95

5. The Literary Artwork between Word and Concept: Adorno and Agamben Reading Kafka 115

6. The Artwork without Cardinal Direction: Notes on Orientation in Adorno 131

7. False Life, Living On: Adorno with Derrida 144

Conclusion: A Kind of Leave-Taking 161

Acknowledgments 167

Notes 169

Index 203

Über Autor(innen)

Richter Gerhard:
Gerhard Richter is Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. His most recent books include Inheriting Walter Benjamin and Afterness: Figures of Following in Modern Thought and Aesthetics.Gerhard Richter is Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. His most recent books include Inheriting Walter Benjamin and Afterness: Figures of Following in Modern Thought and Aesthetics.