A Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity by Peter E. Gordon

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE A Precarious Happiness by Peter E. Gordon A strikingly original account of Theodor Adornos work as a critique animated by happiness. Theodor Adorno is often portrayed as a totalizing negativist, a scowling contrarian who looked upon modern society with despair. Peter E. Gordon thinks we have this wrong: if Adorno is uncompromising in his critique, it is because he sees in modernity an unfulfilled possibility of human flourishing. In a damaged world, Gordon argues, all happiness is likewise damaged, but not wholly absent. Through a comprehensive rereading of Adornos work, A Precarious Happiness recovers Adornos commitment to traces of happiness—fragments of the good amid the bad. Ultimately, Gordon argues that social criticism, while exposing falsehoods, must also cast a vision for an unrealized better world. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Peter E. Gordon is the Amabel B. James Professor of History and faculty affiliate in philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author or editor of many books, most recently Migrants in the Profane: Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization. Review "A brilliant and lucid guide to the twists and turns of the masters dialectics . . . [and] a masterly reading." * Times Literary Supplement *"More than an erudite reconstruction of a philosophical debate—[A Precarious Happiness] offers a means of exorcizing the spirit of cynicism from contemporary social critique. . . . Gordon paints a compelling picture of Adorno as a theorist of happiness and human flourishing." * Hedgehog Review *"An important challenge to Adornos negativism." * European Journal of Philosophy *"Gordons confidently gripping and at the same time persistently subtle interpretation brings a new tone to the debate about Adornos negativism. Engaging with Adornos lectures, Gordon shows how the negative dialectic, though eluding direct access to statements about the good life, means to spell out the contours of a right life. Within the enchanted bounds of a distorted whole, Adorno searches for traces of a failed happiness. From the despairing criticism of the worlds hopeless condition, the Hegelian nonetheless discerns a transcending impulse of hope that points far beyond the Kantian encouragement to use our rational freedom." -- JÜrgen Habermas"With a fine sensibility, Gordon shows how Adorno, like Kafka, gropes in the gloom for glimpses of a precarious happiness, its possibility animating his critique of society." -- Maeve Cooke, University College Dublin"Written in a captivating style, Gordon carefully analyzes the whole range of Adornos writings to demonstrate that the philosopher grounds his critique of contemporary societies in an idea of human flourishing that he takes as being accessible only in small, easily overlooked fragments within our damaged form of life. By this, Gordon manages something at which almost everyone else has failed so far: to give a coherent picture of the scattered pieces of Adornos idea of morality." -- Axel Honneth, Columbia University Details ISBN0226828573 Author Peter E. Gordon Pages 320 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780226828572 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Adorno and the Sources of Normativity Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2024-01-04 UK Release Date 2024-01-04 ISBN-10 0226828573 Illustrations 4 line drawings DEWEY 193 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2024-01-02 US Release Date 2024-01-02 AU Release Date 2024-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161785351;

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