Adorno's Authenticity text

Kenneth MacKendrick kenneth.mackendrick at utoronto.ca
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:19:35 -0500


Just a casual observation, not really intended to stimulate anything... - a
caricature to be sure!
1. those who have read Adorno's Jargon and don't know anything and don't
want to know anything about Heidegger tend to love the book.
2. those who've read both Adorno and Heidegger and are sympathetic to
critical theory think it is Adorno's worst book, or at least a 'popular' and
(unfortunate) polemical reading of Heidegger.
3. those who've read both Adorno and Heidegger and are sympathetic to
Heidegger think it is Adorno's worst book and a really shallow reading of
Heidegger.
4. those who have read it and know a great deal about Heidegger and aren't
partial to critical theory hate it and Adorno.

Is this familiar to anyone?

Happily corrected,
ken