Adorno on Music (International Library of Sociology) [Paperback]

Robert W. Witkin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0415162920 | ISBN-13: 978-0415162920 | Edition: 1

Adorno is one of the leading cultural thinkers of the twentieth century. This is the first detailed account of Adorno's texts on music from a sociological perspective. In clear, non-technical language, Robert Witkin guides the reader through the complexities of Adorno's argument about the link between music and morality and between musical works and social structure. It was largely through these works Adorno established the right of the arts to be acknowledged as a moral and critical force in the development of a modern society. By recovering them for non-musicologists, Witkin adds immeasurably to our appreciation of this giant of twentieth-century thought.

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Robert W. Witkinis Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter. He is author of Art and Social Structure(1994).

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415162920
• ISBN-13: 978-0415162920
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite interesting, December 2, 2007

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This review is from: The Culture Industry (Routledge Classics) (Kindle Edition)

The book is quite interesting as it provides a selection of essays by Theodor Adorno, a representative of The Frakfurt School, covering his concept of culture industry. He has some original ideas concerning mass culture, and expresses harsh critique over it. However the book is a bit slow to read, maybe because of the translation. If you are interested in mass culture it is worth the effort.