The Melancholy Science

An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adorno

Gillian Rose

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English

Verso Books
07 January 2014

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Popular philosophy

Series: Radical Thinkers Set 08

The Melancholy Science is Gillian

Rose's investigation into Theodor Adorno's work and legacy. Rose

uncovers the unity discernable among the many fragments of Adorno's

oeuvre, and argues that his influence has been to turn Marxism into a

search for style. The attempts of Adorno, Lukács and Benjamin to develop

a Marxist theory of culture centred on the concept of reification are

contrasted, and the ways in which the concept of reification has come to

be misused are exposed. Adorno's continuation for his own time of the

Marxist critique of philosophy is traced through his writings on Hegel,

Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger. His opposition to the separation of

philosophy and sociology is shown by examination of his critique of

Durkheim and Weber, and of his contributions to the dispute over

positivism, his critique of empirical social research and his own

empirical sociology. Gillian Rose shows Adorno's most important

contribution to be his founding of a Marxist aesthetic that offers a

sociology of culture, as demonstrated in his essays on Kafka, Mann,

Beckett, Brecht and Schönberg. Finally, Adorno's 'Melancholy Science' is

revealed to offer a 'sociology of illusion' that rivals both structural

Marxism and phenomenological sociology as well as the subsequent work

of the Frankfurt School.

By: Gillian Rose
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781781681527
ISBN 10: 178168152X
Series: Radical Thinkers Set 08
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 07 January 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gillian Rose was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science, Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, The Broken Middle, Dialectic of Nihilism, Hegel Contra Sociology and Love's Work.