Philosophical Elements of A Theory of Society 英文原版 社会理论的哲学元素 Theodor Adorno

基本信息

By (author) Theodor W. Adorno

Format Paperback | 192 pages

Dimensions 152 x 228 x 15mm | 294g

Publication date 26 Mar 2019

Publisher Polity Press

Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement 1. Auflage

ISBN10 074567948X

ISBN13 9780745679488

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

As an exile in America during the War, Theodor Adorno grew acquainted with the fundamentals of empirical social research, something which would shape the work he undertook in the early 1950s as co-director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. Yet he also became increasingly aware of the ‘fetishism of method’ in sociology, and saw the serious limitations of theoretical work based solely on empirical findings.

In this lecture course given in 1964, Adorno develops a critique of both sociology and philosophy, emphasizing that theoretical work requires a specific mediation between the two disciplines. Adorno advocates a philosophical approach to social theory that challenges the drive towards uniformity and a lack of ambiguity, highlighting instead the fruitfulness of experience, in all its messy complexity, for critical social analysis. At the same time, he shows how philosophy must also realise that it requires sociology if it is to avoid falling for the old idealistic illusion that the totality of real conditions can be grasped through thought alone.

Masterfully bringing together philosophical and empirical approaches to an understanding of society, these lectures from one of the most important social thinkers of the 20th century will be of great interest to students and scholars in philosophy, sociology and the social sciences generally.

在战争期间流亡美国期间，西奥多·阿多诺（Theodor Adorno）逐渐熟悉经验社会研究的基础知识，这将影响他在1950年代初作为法兰克福社会研究所联合主任所做的工作。然而，他也越来越意识到社会学中的“方法拜物教”，并看到仅基于经验发现的理论工作受到了严重的限制。

在1964年开设的这一讲授课程中，阿多诺对社会学和哲学进行了批判，强调理论工作需要在这两个学科之间进行特定的调解。阿多诺（Adorno）提倡一种社会理论的哲学方法，该方法挑战朝着统一和缺乏模棱两可的方向发展，而是强调经验的成果，尽管杂乱无章，但对于关键的社会分析却是如此。同时，他展示了哲学是如何还必须认识到，如果要避免陷入旧的唯心主义幻想中，即仅通过思考就可以掌握全部现实条件，哲学就必须认识到它需要社会学。

通过将哲学和实证方法融汇在一起来理解社会，这些来自20世纪最重要的社会思想家之一的演讲将对哲学，社会学和整个社会科学的学生和学者产生极大的兴趣。

作者简介

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), a prominent member of the Frankfurt School, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century in the areas of social theory, philosophy and aesthetics.