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In Search of Wagner
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An analysis of the controversial composer's oeuvre. Part of "Radical Thinkers" series, it combines the brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism with aesthetics and ideology. It comes with an introduction by Slavoj Zizek.
Adorno explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis, with a foreword by Slavoj Zizek
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Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry.
A foreword by Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek situates Adorno's reflections within present debates over Wagner's anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why In Search of Wagner remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.
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_Theodor Adorno's In Search of Wagner_ is hailed as a significant work in philosophical literature, offering deep insights into the life and works of Wagner. Critics like Susan Sontag suggest that Adorno's depth equates to an entire collection of literature, while others compare it favourably to Nietzsche's later writings on Wagner, marking it as essential for those seriously interested in the composer. The translation by Rodney Livingstone is also noted for its quality, making the work accessible to contemporary readers.
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ISBN: 9781844673445
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 June 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Rodney Livingstone
- Foreword by Slavoj Zizek
- Translated by Rodney Livingstone
- Translated by Rodney Livingstone
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 192g
Pages: 148
About the Author
Theodor W. Adorno was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include Minima Moralia, Quasi una Fantasia, Aesthetic Theory, Negative Dialectics and (with Max Horkheimer) Dialectic of Enlightenment. Slavoj Zizek is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. His books include The Ticklish Subject, The Sublime Object of Ideology, and In Defense of Lost Causes.
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