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Author Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.

Title Prisms / Theodor W. Adorno
Edition First MIT Press edition
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1981

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Description 272 pages ; 21 cm
Series Studies in contemporary German social thought
Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Contents Introduction : translating the untranslatable / by Samuel M. Weber -- Cultural criticism and society -- The sociology of knowledge and its consciousness -- Spengler after the decline -- Veblen's attack on culture -- Aldous Huxley and utopia -- Perennial fashion : jazz -- Bach defended against his devotees -- Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951 -- Valéry Proust Museum -- The George-Hofmannsthal correspondence, 1891-1906 -- A portrait of Walter Benjamin -- Notes on Kafka
Summary "Essays on Veblen, Huxley, Benjamin, Bach, Proust, Schoenberg, Spengler, jazz, Kafka"--Jacket subtitle
Notes Paperback ed. first published 1983
Translation of Prismen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translation of Prismen
Subject Culture.
Culture.
Author Nicholsen, Shierry Weber, translator
Weber, Samuel, 1940- translator
LC no. 81015613
ISBN 026201064X
0262510251 (paperback)
Other Titles Prismen. English