In Max Pensky’s “The Trash of History,” taken from the larger Melancholy Dialectics: Walter Benjamin and the Play of Mourning, Walter Benjamin’s use of the objective dialectical image is viewed in juxtaposition–and unwanted collaboration -with subjective allegorical imagery. The dialectical image, where past and present interact with one another, is Benjamin’s method and [...]
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Max Pensky : The Trash of History
Posted in Adorno, Benjamin, critical theory, historical materialism, historicism, history, melancholy, object, subject on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brian O’Connor : The Structure of Adorno’s Epistemology: The Priority of the Object
Posted in object, reason, subject on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This chapter by Brian O’Connor seeks to illuminate the features of Adorno’s epistemology, putting a strong emphasis on the priority of the object in experience. In Adorno’s conception of contemporary models of philosophy, he sees a failure in their commitment to forms of subjectivism, excluding a model of experience that shows the reciprocity of [...]
Summary : “Subject and Object” : Adorno
Posted in Adorno, Benjamin, historical materialism, historicism, object, subject on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a summary of the class discussion we had on both Wednesday of last week and this past Monday. Please feel free to add any questions and comments that you might have!
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