The Origin of Negative Dialectics
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The Origin of Negative Dialectics is a scholarly work by Susan Buck-Morss that examines the development and philosophical significance of Theodor W. Adorno’s negative dialectics within the context of Critical Theory.
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Target entity: The Origin of Negative Dialectics Context triple: [Susan Buck-Morss, notableWork, The Origin of Negative Dialectics]
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Critique of Dialectical Reason
Critique of Dialectical Reason is a major philosophical work by Jean-Paul Sartre that attempts to reconcile existentialism with Marxism through an analysis of history, freedom, and social structures.
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A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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The Sublime Object of Ideology
The Sublime Object of Ideology is a 1989 philosophical work by Slavoj Žižek that applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to Marxist theory to explore how ideology structures subjectivity and social reality.
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Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Origin of Negative Dialectics Target entity description: The Origin of Negative Dialectics is a scholarly work by Susan Buck-Morss that examines the development and philosophical significance of Theodor W. Adorno’s negative dialectics within the context of Critical Theory.
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A.
Critique of Dialectical Reason
Critique of Dialectical Reason is a major philosophical work by Jean-Paul Sartre that attempts to reconcile existentialism with Marxism through an analysis of history, freedom, and social structures.
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B.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
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C.
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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D.
The Sublime Object of Ideology
The Sublime Object of Ideology is a 1989 philosophical work by Slavoj Žižek that applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to Marxist theory to explore how ideology structures subjectivity and social reality.
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E.
Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Enlightenment critique
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Frankfurt School ⓘ German philosophy ⓘ Hegelian dialectics ⓘ Marxism ⓘ Western Marxism ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ critical social theory ⓘ modernity ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| analyzes |
Adorno’s philosophical method
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relation between Adorno and Hegel ⓘ relation between Adorno and Marx ⓘ relation between Adorno and the Frankfurt School ⓘ |
| author | Susan Buck-Morss ⓘ |
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Adorno scholarship
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Critical Theory scholarship ⓘ studies of negative dialectics ⓘ |
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United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| examines |
Adorno’s critique of idealism
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Adorno’s critique of positivism ⓘ Adorno’s critique of traditional metaphysics ⓘ concept of non-identity in Adorno ⓘ origins of Adorno’s negative dialectics ⓘ |
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Critical Theory
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Critical Theory ⓘ |
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development of Adorno’s negative dialectics
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historical context of Critical Theory ⓘ philosophical significance of negative dialectics ⓘ |
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intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ |
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critical-theoretical
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historical ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
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Critical Theory
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philosopher
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Late Marxism: Adorno, or, The Persistence of the Dialectic
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Adorno’s Negative Dialectics
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linked to: The Origin of Negative Dialectics