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Prisms
- Title
- Prisms / Theodor W Adorno ; translated from the German by Samuel and Shierry Weber.
- Author
- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1981, ©1967.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HM101 .A4513 1981 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 272 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Essays on Veblen, Huxley, Benjamin, Bach, Proust, Schoenberg, Spengler, jazz, Kafka"--Jacket subtitle.
- Series Statement
- Studies in contemporary German social thought
- Uniform Title
- Prismen. English
- Studies in contemporary German social thought.
- Alternative Title
- Prismen.
- Subjects
- Note
- Translation of Prismen.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction : translating the untranslatable / by Samuel M. Weber -- Cultural criticism and society -- The sociology of knowledge and its consciousness -- Spengler after the decline -- Veblen\u0027s attack on culture -- Aldous Huxley and utopia -- Perennial fashion : jazz -- Bach defended against his devotees -- Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951 -- Valéry Proust Museum -- The George-Hofmannsthal correspondence, 1891-1906 -- A portrait of Walter Benjamin -- Notes on Kafka.
- ISBN
- 026201064X
- 9780262010641
- LCCN
- 81015613
- OCLC
- ocm07838117
- 7838117
- SCSB-2204591
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries