Adorno's Philopolemology
The ‘Parataxis’ Speech as Example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2397689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell Savage (0000-0002-5645-6002, Monash University, corresponding author), Robert Savage |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 281-295 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1368431005054795 |
| OpenAlex | W2026629953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article argues that the polemic(al) plays a crucial mediating role in Adorno's philosophy. As a theoretical category, it describes the resistance to thought which inevitably frustrates attempts to reconstruct the world in the image of reason. As a political and rhetorical strategy, it contributes in large measure to Adorno's self-understanding as a public intellectual in post-war Germany. The article attempts to chart the interrelationship and interdependence of these two aspects through a reading of 'Parataxis', Adorno's 1963 speech on Hölderlin. This speech suggests that art instantiates a polemic which first comes to be activated through the (polemical) speaking engagement of the philosopher
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and Historical Thought
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |