Without Model: Parva Aesthetica (The German List) - Softcover

Adorno, Theodor W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1803096950 ISBN 13: 9781803096957

Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

Essays by Theodor W. Adorno on art and cinema.
 
In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known. Taking the premise of the title as his guiding principle, that artistic and philosophical thought must eschew preconceptions and instead adapt itself to its time, circumstances, and object, Adorno presents a series of essays reflecting on culture at different levels, from the details of individual products to the social conditions of their production. He shows his more nostalgic side in the childhood reminiscences of ‘Amorbach’, but also his acute sociocultural analysis of the central topic of the culture industry. He criticizes attempts to maintain tradition in music and visual art, arguing against a restorative approach by stressing the modernity and individuality of historical works in the context of their time. In all of these essays, available for the first time in English, Adorno displays the remarkable thinking of one both steeped in tradition and dedicated to seeing beyond it.
 

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About the Author

Theodor W. Adorno (1903–69) was the author of In Search of Wagner, Aesthetic Theory, and Negative Dialectics, among many other books. Wieland Hoban is a British composer who has translated several works from German, including Night Music, a collection of essays by Theodor W. Adorno.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1803096950
• ISBN 13: 9781803096957
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184