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Aesthetics and Politics

by Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and Georg Lukács Afterword by Fredric Jameson
The most remarkable aesthetic debates in European cultural history, with an afterword by Fredric Jameson. 
No other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from the 1930s to the 1950s. In Aesthetics and Politics the key texts of the great Marxist controversies over literature and art during these years are assembled in a single volume. They do not form a disparate collection but a continuous, interlinked debate between thinkers who have become giants of twentieth-century intellectual history.

Hardback, 220 pages

ISBN: 9781844676644

November 2010

$24.95 / £14.99

Reviews

  • “This is vital reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between art and socialism.”

    – John Fowles, Philosophy

  • “They are key texts in the study of modernism, of expressionist drama and of realism, and of many closely related general questions ... It is genuinely an indispensable volume.”

    – Raymond Williams

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  • COMPETITION: Win Verso's Five Titles by Adorno!

    To celebrate Theodor Adorno's 109th birthday on September 11th, we have a competition! There are three sets to giveaway of all the Adorno titles published by Verso: Quasi Una Fantasia, Minima Moralia, In Search of Wagner, Aesthetics and Politics and Towards a New Manifesto. 

    Thanks to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners who can look forward to some stimulating reading. The answers to the questions are below.

    Q1. Minima Moralia derives its title from a work by which philosopher?

    A: Aristotle

    Q.2 In what text was the term "culture industry" first coined?

    A:     The Dialectic of Enlightenment.

    The winners will be the first three people to answer both questions correctly. Those in North America, email verso@versobooks.com. For the rest of the world, including the UK, email enquiries@verso.co.uk. Please put ADORNO COMPETITION in the subject line or your entry may not be counted. The winners will be announced on Tuesday 11th September.

    Please do not post the answers in the Comments or Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else—entries accepted by email only. Any comments posting the answers will be deleted. 

    Good luck! 



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