Dialectics of the Body: Corporeality in the Philosophy of Theodor Adorno

by Lisa Yun Lee

Overview

The study of Theodor Adorno has largely ignored or dismissed the enigmatic and provocative moments in his writing on the body. Dialectics of the Body corrects this gap by arguing that Adorno's analysis of reified society emanates and returns to the body and that hope and desire are present throughout Adorno's philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138011700
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Series:	Studies in Philosophy
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Repressing the Body 13

Feminist Interlude I Avoiding the Sirens: Women in the Dialectic of Enlightenment 41

Chapter 2 Interrogating Philosophy: The Bared Breasts Incident 49

Feminist Interlude II Entanglement: Remembering Gretel Karplus Adorno 77

Chapter 3 "The Most Forgotten Alien Land": Adorno's Essay on Kafka 83

Feminist Interlude III Reading the Body: Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" 113

Chapter 4 Feminist Negative Dialectics: Dialectical Materialism and the "Transfigured Body" 123

Conclusion 151

Notes 155

Bibliography 179

Index 185

Editorial Reviews

"Lisa Yun Lee's new scholarly study, Dialectics of the Body signals a welcome shift in the U.S. reception of this challenging theorist." — Jamie Daniel, In These Times

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