Adorno's Authenticity text

[James Rovira]

Thanks, that was useful.

Jim

Lou Caton wrote:

> To Jim and all,
>
> yes, thanks James for your comments below.  I like your 
> characterization that the existentialist simply begins with a 
> different set of assumptions.  Adorno's task in /Jargon/ is to 
> demystify the transcendental heritage of consciousness.  That means he 
> must strip language of its link to consciousness.  So "to be" becomes 
> another error, another attempt that fails.  But for the 
> existentialist, it is the source.  In the western context, one sees it 
> in God speaking to Moses: "I am that I am."  Hocas-pocas to Adorno.  
> But even in Kant we have it in his recognition of the inaccessible 
> "thing-in-itself."  Just a few more thoughts...
>
> Lou
>