Goldmann vs Adorno

[matthew piscioneri]

Ralph,

>Pending a detailed study, I contest the notion that the essence of what the 
>Frankfurters have to offer is the dialectic of enlightenment.  I suspect 
>that just the reverse is true, that maybe this work should be put at the 
>bottom and not at the top.  The fact that it is most influential arouses my 
>greatest suspicions.  But time will tell.  If it is Habermas' starting 
>point, so much the better for Habermas to want to contradict it.  But what 
>are the implications of being held hostage to the way one was raised even 
>while rebelling against it?

It's just what I take from H. & A. Anyway I am a new optimist (as compared 
to a post-structuralist). The liberation of Iraq has been a resounding 
success. Allah bless America.

MattP.

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