Aesthetic Theory by Theodor W. Adorno (Paperback Book)

Name: Aesthetic Theory by Theodor W. Adorno (Paperback Book)
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Theodor Adorno (1903-69) was undoubtedly the foremost thinker of the Frankfurt School, the influential group of German thinkers that fled to the US in the 1930s, including such thinkers as Herbert Marcuse and Max Horkheimer. His work has proved enormously influential in sociology, philosophy and cultural theory. Aesthetic Theory is Adorno's posthumous magnum opus and the culmination of a lifetime's investigation. Analysing the sublime, the ugly and the beautiful, Adorno shows how such concepts frame and distil human experience and that it is human experience that ultimately underlies aesthetics. In Adorno's formulation \u2018art is the sedimented history of human misery'.\n\nAesthetic Theory\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is as low as we can go, we do not accept offers.\n\nTheodor Adorno (1903-69) was undoubtedly the foremost thinker of the Frankfur;