Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno (/əˈdɔːrnoʊ/;[5] German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ʔaˈdɔɐ̯no] (
listen);[6][7] born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German sociologist, philosopher, composer, and music theorist.
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| Born | September 11, 1903 |
| Died | August 6, 1969 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | Theodor Ludwig Adorno Wellington |
| Era | 20th century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Critical theory, Marxism |
Main interests | Social theory, sociology, psychoanalysis, epistemology, aesthetics, musicology, mass media |
Notable ideas | Criticism of "actionism,"[1] modernist art opposes the conventional ordering of experience found in the mass media,[2][3] the paradox of aesthetics,[4] negative dialectics |
He designed the F-scale with other researchers at the University of California. This scale tried to measure "the authoritarian personality". F stands for Fascist. He wrote about this in the 1950 book The Authoritarian Personality. He was a Marxist.
Theodor W. Adorno Media
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The "Adorno traffic light" on Senckenberganlage, a street which divides the Institute for Social Research from the University of Frankfurt am Main. Adorno requested its construction after a pedestrian death in 1962, and it was finally installed 25 years later.
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Mural of Theodor Adorno by Justus Becker and Oğuz Şen. Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt
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References
- ↑ Christine Fillion, "Adorno's Marginalien zu Theorie und Praxis: In Praise of Discontinuity", Humanitas, Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2012.
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