[FRA:] Adorno and the Vietnam War

[Christopher Cutrone]

Adorno did not support the Vietnam War. He said that opposing the U.S. without criticizing the Vietnamese Communists had something "ideological" about it. 

In evaluating Adorno's take on the war, it is important to distinguish his views from Horkheimer's.

-- Chris 

--- On Fri, 4/15/11, Jaffar Castro <jaffar.castro at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jaffar Castro <jaffar.castro at gmail.com>
Subject: [FRA:] Adorno and the Vietnam War
To: "Discussion of Frankfurt School Critical Theory" <theory-frankfurt-school at srcf.ucam.org>
Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:21 AM

Dear all,

I've written to this group before regarding this question but didn't receive
any adequate responses, so I'm trying again...  I'm wondering if anyone can
direct me toward information regarding Adorno's views on what's termed the
Vietnam War.  I've had it from Peter
Marcuse<http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/people/kellner/RevPapVol3JacobyNation052-7.htm>that
Adorno supported US barbarism there, but I myself am unfamiliar with
any literature corroborating that claim.  In his 1969 correspondence with
Marcuse, Adorno does denounce Viet Cong methods, but beyond that...

Thanks for your help.
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