Jurgen Habermas tries to explain and criticize Walter Benjamin’s philosophy and communicate new ways of using this philosophy in “Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or Rescuing Critique.”
In “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Benjamin argues that art is no longer profanely illuminating–life no longer seems inexplicably magical– because the aura (the unconsciously mirroring [...]
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Habermas, Jurgen : Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or Rescuing Critique
Posted in Benjamin, Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, historical materialism, progress on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theodor Adorno: Progress
Posted in Adorno, Benjamin, Dialectic of Enlightenment, Horkheimer, Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, critical theory, progress, regression on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The basic goal of Theodor Adorno’s “Progress” is made apparent in the very first sentence: to provide a clear, theoretical and philosophical understanding of the concept of progress. Though he does not clarify until later, the author is referring to the progress of humanity in the widest possible sense. Simply contemplating this task [...]
Theodor Adorno: Reflections on Class Theory
Posted in Adorno, historical materialism, history, progress, regression on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theodor Adorno’s essay, “Reflections on Class Theory”, found in Can One Live After Auschwitz?, combines many of the themes that have been focused upon this semester, particularly Walter Benjamin’s notion of progress and Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s critique of mass culture. Set within a context of how the theory of class has changed into the [...]
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