Autonomy after Auschwitz : Adorno, German idealism, and modernity / Martin Shuster.

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Shuster, Martin [author.]

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9780226155517
022615551X
1322047162
9781322047164

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Autonomy after AuschwitzDDC classification:

141 23

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B808.67 .S58 2014eb

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Contents:

I against I : stressing the dialectic in the dialectic of enlightenment -- Beyond the bounds of sense : Kant and the highest good -- Adorno's negative dialectic as a form of life : expression, suffering, and freedom -- Reflections on universal reason : Adorno, Hegel, and the wounds of spirit.

Summary: Ever since Kant and Hegel, the notion of autonomy-the idea that we are beholden to no law except one we impose upon ourselves-has been considered the truest philosophical expression of human freedom. But could our commitment to autonomy, as Theodor Adorno asked, be related to the extreme evils that we have witnessed in modernity? In Autonomy after Auschwitz, Martin Shuster explores this difficult question with astonishing theoretical acumen, examining the precise ways autonomy can lead us down a path of evil and how it might be prevented from doing so. Shuster uncovers dangers in the notion of.

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Ever since Kant and Hegel, the notion of autonomy-the idea that we are beholden to no law except one we impose upon ourselves-has been considered the truest philosophical expression of human freedom. But could our commitment to autonomy, as Theodor Adorno asked, be related to the extreme evils that we have witnessed in modernity? In Autonomy after Auschwitz, Martin Shuster explores this difficult question with astonishing theoretical acumen, examining the precise ways autonomy can lead us down a path of evil and how it might be prevented from doing so. Shuster uncovers dangers in the notion of.