Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno
Theodor W. Adornowas a German philosopher, sociologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth11 September 1903
CountryGermany
molotov-cocktail people trying
When I made my theoretical model, I could not have guessed that people would try to realise it with Molotov cocktails.
echoes no-love
There is no love that is not an echo.
art order design
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.
integrating lost
He who integrates is lost.
hygiene irrelevance dying
So the experience of death is turned into that of the exchange of functionaries, and anything in the natural relationship to death that is not wholly absorbed into the social one is turned over to hygiene. In being seen as no more than the exit of a living creature from the social combine, death has been domesticated: dying merely confirms the absolute irrelevance of the natural organism in face of the social absolute.
true-life
There is no true life within a false life.
jargon determined individual
What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently in opposition to its own meaning; by whether the individual words are loaded at the expense of the sentence, its propositional force, and the thought content.
sublime steps ridiculous
The sublime is only a step removed from the ridiculous.
underdog splendid ends
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.
jargon language authenticity
The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.
anticipation early-life
He who matures early lives in anticipation.
time men yesterday
The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.
decay blind satire
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
evil-people people evil
Very evil people cannot really be imagined dying.