"In December 1945 Thomas Mann wrote a famous letter to Adorno in which he formulated the principle of montage adopted in his novel Doctor Faustus. The writer expressly invited the philosopher to consider, with me, how such a work and I mean Leverkhns work could more or less be practically realized. Their close collaboration on questions concerning the character of the fictional composers putatively late works (Adorno produced specific sk ..."
"In December 1945 Thomas Mann wrote a famous letter to Adorno in which he formulated the principle of montage adopted in his novel "Doctor Faustus". The writer expressly invited the philosopher to 'consider, with me, how such a work - and I mean Leverkuhn's work - could more or less be practically realized'. Their close collaboration on questions concerning the character of the fictional composer's putatively late works (Adorno produced ..."
""Dreams are as black as death." Theodor W. Adorno Adorno was fascinated by his dreams and wrote them down throughout his life. He envisaged publishing a collection of them although in the event no more than a few appeared in his lifetime. Dream Notes offers a selection of Adornos writings on dreams that span the last twenty–five years of his life. Readers of Adorno who are accustomed to high–powered reflections on philosophy, mu ..."
" The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the twentieth century. Benjamin and Adorno formed a uniquely powerful pair. Benjamin, riddle-like in his personality and given to tactical evasion, and Adorno, full of his own importance, alternately ..."
" The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the twentieth century. Benjamin and Adorno formed a uniquely powerful pair. Benjamin, riddle-like in his personality and given to tactical evasion, and Adorno, full of his own importance, alternately s ..."
"We must see to it that we put the best of ourselves in our letters; for there is nothing to suggest that we shall see each other again soon. So wrote Walter Benjamin to Gretel Adorno in spring 1940 from the south of France, shortly before he took his own life. The correspondence between Gretel Adorno and Walter Benjamin, published here in its complete form for the first time, is the document of a great friendship that existed independ ..."
"In December 1945 Thomas Mann wrote a famous letter to Adorno in which he formulated the principle of montage adopted in his novel Doctor Faustus. The writer expressly invited the philosopher to ′consider, with me, how such a work – and I mean Leverkuhn′s work – could more or less be practically realized′. Their close collaboration on questions concerning the character of the fictional composer′s putatively late works (Adorno produced sp ..."
""Dreams are as black as death." Theodor W. Adorno Adorno was fascinated by his dreams and wrote them down throughout his life. He envisaged publishing a collection of them although in the event no more than a few appeared in his lifetime. Dream Notes offers a selection of Adornos writings on dreams that span the last twenty–five years of his life. Readers of Adorno who are accustomed to high–powered reflections on philosophy, mu ..."
Letters to his Parents(1st Edition) 1939-1951 by Theodor W. Adorno Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2006 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-3542-2, ISBN: 0-7456-3542-3
"At the beginning of his career in the 1920s, Adorno sketched a plan to write a major work on the theory of musical reproduction, a task he returned to time and again throughout his career but never completed. The choice of the word reproduction as opposed to interpretation indicates a primary supposition: that there is a clearly defined musical text whose precision exceeds what is visible on the page, and that the performer has the resp ..."
"Theodor W. Adorno n'a que vingt-deux ans lorsqu'il part pour Vienne, en 1925, y suivre l'enseignement d'Alban Berg. lve du compositeur pendant quelque six mois, il en devient presque aussitt l'ami, puis le correspondant fidle, au cours d'changes pistolaires qui se poursuivront jusqu' la mort, en dcembre 1935, de celui qu'il n'a cess d'appeler son " matre ". Leur correspondance, que leurs rencontres interrompent seulement deux reprises, ..."
"Cette belle amitié - mais, comme le demande Gretel elle-même dans une lettre,"où passe finalement la subtile limite entre amitié et amour ?" - fait de ..."
"RundfunkarbeitenGebundenes BuchWalter Benjamins Rundfunkarbeiten haben bislang erstaunlich wenig Aufmerksamkeit seitens der Forschung erhalten. Dabei machen die bisher nur verstreut edierten Texte einen beachtlichen Teil seines Gesamtwerks aus: Über 80 Sendungen gestaltet Benjamin zwischen 1927 und 1933 - als Hörspielautor, als Verfasser des neuen Formats "Hörmodell", als Vortragender in der "Jugendstunde" sowie im literarischen Program ..."
"Über den Begriff der GeschichteGebundenes BuchDie Aufzeichnungen Walter Benjamins Über den Begriff der Geschichte, an denen er bis zum Frühjahr 1940 schrieb, sind zugleich nüchterne Bilanz eines leidenschaftlichen Intellektuellen und steile Konstruktion eines kühlen Theoretikers. Der Intellektuelle legt Rechenschaft darüber ab, wie es um das altehrwürdige Unternehmen, die Welt in eine menschenwürdigere zu transformieren, bestellt ist - ..."
"Hrsg. v. Christoph Gödde u. Henri LonitzBuch mit Leinen-EinbandUnter den Briefwechseln Adornos ist der sich von 1927 bis 1968 erstreckende mit Max Horkheimer nicht nur der umfänglichste, sondern auch der aufschlußreichste für Adornos Biographie und für die interne Arbeit wie die externen Wirkungen des Instituts für Sozialforschung. Die vollständige Edition dieses in weiten Teilen unveröffentlichten Briefwechsels, die auch hier erstmalig ..."
"Band III: Briefe 1925-1930Buch mit Leinen-Einband"Der Zwang, die ungesicherte Existenz des freien Schriftstellers zu führen, den bis zu seinem Tod nicht mehr abreißenden Kampf um die eigene Reproduktion und die Bedingungen seiner literarischen Arbeit zu bestehen, wird zum bestimmenden Moment in Benjamins Leben in den Jahren nach dem endgültigen Scheitern des Habilitationsversuchs im Sommer 1925. Bereits während der letzten Monate des la ..."
"Band II: Briefe 1919-1924Buch mit Leinen-EinbandAm 19. September 1919 - etwa drei Monate nach dem Doktorexamen - schrieb Benjamin an seinen Freund Ernst Schoen: "An das Thema: Briefwechsel, ließen sich verschiedene Digressionen anschließen. Erstens darüber, wie sehr diese unterschätzt werden, weil sie auf den völlig schiefen Begriff des Werkes und der Autorschaft bezogen werden, während sie dem Bezirk des 'Zeugnisses' angehören, dessen ..."