{"product_id":"aesthetics-and-politics-paperback","title":"Aesthetics and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErnst Bloch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intense and lively debate on literature and art between thinkers who became some of the great figures of twentieth-century philosophy and literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an afterword by Fredric Jameson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from the 1930s to the 1950s. In \u003ci\u003eAesthetics and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e the key texts of the great Marxist controversies over literature and art during these years are assembled in a single volume. They do not form a disparate collection but a continuous, interlinked debate between thinkers who have become giants of twentieth-century intellectual history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/b\u003e was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNegative Dialectics\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Max Horkheimer) \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTowards a New Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is the author of \u003ci\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arcades Project\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnst Bloch \u003c\/b\u003e(1885-1977) is one of the most important German Marxist thinkers of the 20th century and one of the great theorists of utopia. A friend of Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht and Theodor Adorno, his works include \u003ci\u003eThe Principle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpirit of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTraces\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theater director. An influential theater practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble--the post-war theater company operated by Brecht and his wife and long-time collaborator, the actress Helene Weigel--with its internationally acclaimed productions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorg Lukács \u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. Most scholars consider him to be the founder of the tradition of Western Marxism. He contributed the ideas of reification and class consciousness to Marxist philosophy and theory, and his literary criticism was influential in thinking about realism and about the novel as a literary genre. He served briefly as Hungary's Minister of Culture following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredric Jameson\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University. The author of numerous books, he has over the last three decades developed a richly nuanced vision of Western culture's relation to political economy. He was a recipient of the 2008 Holberg International Memorial Prize. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Turn, A Singular Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Modernist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchaeologies of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrecht and Method, Ideologies of Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eValences of the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hegel Variations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRepresenting Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769274761504,"sku":"9781788738583","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc8dc3433d93a4f1898a95b8a05d04ad.webp?v=1780344890","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aesthetics-and-politics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}