Re: Immanent critique

[k.kubota@xxxxxxxxxxx (Ken Kubota)]

Hallo Claus,

the method of "immanent critique" has its origin in Hegel. I do not think
that Adorno made substantial new achievements after Hegel in terms of
methodology, he mainly remains a Hegelian.

Nobody will take a work about "immanent critique" for serious that does not
start with the logic of essence (Wesenslogik) of Hegel.

Yours sincerely,
Ken Kubota


> Hello members of the frankfurt-school list,
>
> I have a question which I hope some of you will be able to answer for me. I
> am about to write a thesis where I want to make use of some kind of immanent
> critique as it was done by Theodor W. Adorno. I know that he did not write
> about this "method" explicitly but I was wondering if anyone could point me
> towards some of his texts where this "method" is discussed indirectly - and
> some of the texts where he employed it in the most exemplary ways. I also
> want to know of any secondary litterature dealing with immanent critique.
>
> I know Buck-Morss: The Origins of Negative Dialectics - and she writes
> something about the "method". There is also a brief discussion in Benhabib:
> Critique, Norm and Utopia regarding the origins of immanent critique. Simon
> Jarvis: Adorno - writes very little about it - and there is also a
> discussion of immanent critique and the way Benjamin uses this in Howard
> Caygills study: The Colour of Experience.
>
> Any help and references would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Claus Hansen
>
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