Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. A foreword by Slavoj Zizek situates Adorno's reflections within present debates over Wagner's anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.
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An analysis of the controversial composer's oeuvre. Part of "Radical Thinkers" series, it combines the brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism with aesthetics and ideology. It comes with an introduction by Slavoj Zizek.
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A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature.
Adorno explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis, with a foreword by Slavoj Zizek

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ISBN
9781844673445
Publisert
2009-06-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
192 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
148

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Biographical note

Theodor Adorno was Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1959 until his death in 1969.