a close reading of Adorno?

Alex Emil Kentsis aekentsi at rainbow.uchicago.edu
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 08:15:27 -0600 (CST)



On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Dennis R Redmond wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Chinnie(Si-Qin) Ding wrote:
> 
> > I'm relatively new to this list and its subject matter, and am
> > extremely interested in Adorno in particular but have read only bits of
> > his work.  Would any listmembers be interested in doing a joint close
> > reading either of Adorno's MINIMA MORALIA or his NEGATIVE DIALECTICS, say
> > at the pace of 50pp a week or so?
> 
> Good idea. How about doing something on Minima Moralia, selected aphorisms
> and passages etc.? Anyone have any suggestions how this might proceed on a
> listserv, i.e. do we come up with questions, or should we all read one
> selected passage and then comment?

we can either have one person present thoughts on that week's reading, or
post our thoughts as they come to the listserv.

i prefer the latter since i am very new to critical theory and would
benefit greatly from a multitude of thoughts.

-alex.

p.s.    i've been unrealizingly waiting for something like this for a very
long time now. this is a very good idea!