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Adorno: modern art, metaphysics and radical evil

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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:53 authored by Gordon FinlaysonGordon Finlayson
The thesis is that the conception of radical evil holds the key to the problem of the normative grounds of Adorno's critical social theory. 1 & 2 show how Adorno dialectically inverts Hegel's ontotheology. 3 & 4 focus on the axiological dimension of this inversion. I argue that the shudder', which Adorno thinks modern art is uniquely apt to convey, is a negative counterpart to the metaphysical experience of 'wonder'. 5 & 6 show how the figure of Auschwitz establishes both the reality of social evil and the reliability of our experience of it. I conclude by reflecting on the significance of Adorno's favoured metaphor for the absent good.

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  • Published

Journal

Modernism/modernity

ISSN

1071-6068

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Issue

1

Volume

10

Page range

71-95

Pages

25.0

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  • Philosophy Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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