Aesthetic Theory

Name: Aesthetic Theory
Author: Theodor Adorno

by Theodor Adorno

Complex theory of art, beauty, and aesthetic experience in modern society

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Theodor Adorno

Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment (with Horkheimer) delivered the most devastating critique of the culture industry and the Enlightenment's self-betrayal into domination. His Aesthetic Theory applies this analysis to the autonomy of art.

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