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Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords
Paper, 448 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13505-4
$26.50
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October, 2005
Cloth, 448 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13504-7
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"[A] collection of essays that offers a view of Adorno in his role as . . . public intellectual. . . . Adorno's essays are truly urgent." — The Nation
"Critical Models . . . introduce[s] a more accessible Adorno to the public. . . . In an age of cynicism and practicality, he is more essential than ever." — Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Critical Models presents Adorno at his most philosophically stunning—'Progress'and 'On Subject and Object'are among his finest essays—and at his topical best. Even an Adorno radio talk can be critically chilling. This volume is the ideal entry into the expanse of Adorno’s thought." — J. M. Bernstein, New School University
"Contrary to the caricature of Adorno as an aloof mandarin unwilling to descend into the public sphere, these essays, elegantly translated and abundantly annotated by Henry Pickford, reveal the range and power of his contributions to the fragile German democracy he helped build after returning from exile. Without sacrificing his critical rigor, Adorno shows that even the most negative of dialectics can address practical problems and provide suggestive answers." — Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley