by Theodor W. Adorno · Ediciones Akal, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446016700
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Aesthetic Theory is a work by the German philosopher and sociologist Theodor W. Adorno, which presents a detailed exposition of his aesthetic theory. In this book, Adorno explores ideas about art and the philosophy of art, ranging from the analysis of the origin and truth content of works to their relationship with politics, society, the philosophy of history, technology, and logic. In addition, classical philosophies such as Kantian and Hegelian, as well as cultural theory and social culture, are confronted. This edition offers a complete new translation of the work, including all the texts that constitute the official Suhrkamp edition.
Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and G. W. F. Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society. As a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry, his writings—such as Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), Minima Moralia (1951), and Negative Dialectics (1966)—strongly influenced the European New Left.
