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Without Model: Parva Aesthetica

Without Model: Parva Aesthetica

Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund
Hoban, Wieland

Paperback

Series: German List

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryFilm Studies

Publisher Price: $23.00

ISBN10: 1803096950
ISBN13: 9781803096957
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: Aug 5 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.92 Depth: 9.07
Language: English

Essays by Theodor W. Adorno on art and cinema.

In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known. Taking the premise of the title as his guiding principle, that artistic and philosophical thought must eschew preconceptions and instead adapt itself to its time, circumstances, and object, Adorno presents a series of essays reflecting on culture at different levels, from the details of individual products to the social conditions of their production. He shows his more nostalgic side in the childhood reminiscences of 'Amorbach', but also his acute sociocultural analysis of the central topic of the culture industry. He criticizes attempts to maintain tradition in music and visual art, arguing against a restorative approach by stressing the modernity and individuality of historical works in the context of their time. In all of these essays, available for the first time in English, Adorno displays the remarkable thinking of one both steeped in tradition and dedicated to seeing beyond it.

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