ADORNO, Theodor

  • Era: 1903-69
  • Location: Germany
  • Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE

 

Sociologist and onetime musician engaging critically with popular culture and with its associated industry which he regarded as dulling of social and political sensitivities. Most frequently referred to in moral education because of his promotion of the term 'authoritarian personality'.

Life

The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy entry on Adorno

 

Writings

Minima Moralia

Enlightenment as Mass Deception

 

 

 

Video

Theodor Adorno: music and protest (2 mins)