Odysseus and Adorno
A Note on Cunning and Dialectics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7932013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William S Allen (0000-0002-4731-2955, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/0094033x-11309158 |
| OpenAlex | W4404750066 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The reading of the Odysseus excursus in Dialektik der Aufklärung has been hampered by the insistence that the character of Odysseus is merely a prototype of bourgeois instrumental reason. However, this characterization fails to grasp the full breadth of the dialectic of myth and enlightenment, and overlooks the significant role played by Odysseus’s cunning in the development of reason. In addressing these problems, it becomes apparent that cunning is a form of mimetic intelligence and bears its own form of dialectic, which has implications for the understanding of Adorno’s later works
Aesthetics · Art · Dialectic · Epistemology · Literature · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |