Towards a New Manifesto

Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Rodney Livingstone

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English

Verso
06 May 2019

Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Consumerism; Marxism & Communism

Series: Pocket Communism

Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of critical theory, Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had resulted in fascism and totalitarianism.

Towards a New Manifesto shows the two philosophers in a uniquely spirited and free-flowing exchange of ideas. This book is a record of their discussions over three weeks in the spring of 1956, recorded with a view to the production of a contemporary version of The Communist Manifesto. A philosophical jam-session in which the two thinkers improvise freely, often wildly, on central themes of their work - theory and practice, labor and leisure, domination and freedom - in a political register found nowhere else in their writing. Amid a careening flux of arguments, aphorisms and asides, in which the trenchant alternates with the reckless, the playful with the ingenuous, positions are swapped and contradictions unheeded, without any compulsion for consistency.

A thrilling example of philosophy in action and a compelling map of a possible passage to a new world.

By: Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno
Translated by: Rodney Livingstone
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9781786635532
ISBN 10: 1786635534
Series: Pocket Communism
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 06 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Theodor Adorno was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include In Search of Wagner, Aesthetic Theory, Negative Dialectics, and (with Max Horkheimer) Dialectic of Enlightenment. Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a philosopher and sociologist.