[FRA:] Frankfurt School philosophy syllabus: draft

Ralph Dumain rdumain at igc.org
Tue Feb 21 18:58:18 GMT 2006


Buck-Morss discusses Adorno's "Idee der Naturgeschichte."  I'm not aware of 
an English translation of this piece.  Has a translation been published?

At 08:32 PM 2/19/2006 +0100, Alon Lischinsky wrote:
>The syllabus seems pretty comprehensive, although I don't fully understand 
>your
>reasons for leaving political philosophy out of the question. Adorno's 
>notion of
>late capitalism was integral to his epistemological and psychological 
>inquiries.
>
>I have found Adorno's _Idee der Naturgeschichte_ to be a very interesting
>complement to _Aktualität der Philosophie_, specially if you're interested in
>fleshing out Benjamin's influence onhis early thought (or even in his later
>works: _Negative Dialektik_ 3.2 is in direct connection to this early work,
>quoting it extensively).
>
>As regards secondary literature, I have found van Reijen's book of little use.
>
>Best,
>
>Alon




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